Our Daily Bread (2005)★ 7.6/10

Not Rated · AT,DE · 92 min · November 28, 2005

Documentary

Written by: Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Wolfgang Widerhofer

OUR DAILY BREAD is a wide-screen tableau of a feast which isn't always easy to digest - and in which we all take part. A pure, meticulous and high-end film experience that enables the audience to form their own ideas.

Original title

Our Daily Bread

Storyline

The documentary shows long scenes of food production without any voice-over and practically no dialogue. Chickens: selection, breeding, slaughter, dismemberment. Pigs: insemination, castration, slaughter, dismemberment. Cows: insemination, milking, slaughter, dismemberment. Fish: breeding, slaughter, dismemberment. Fruits and vegetables (tomatoes, peppers, olives, salads, apples, etc.): harvest, selection. Salt: extraction from mines. Workers performing their job, eating, resting. Note: the animal scenes include graphic details.

Rating

7.6 / 10 · 2,777

Companies

Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), 3Sat, Filmfonds Wien, Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), Österreichisches Filminstitut, KMBO, Espace Sarou, MovieBiz Films, Alamode Film, Autlook Filmsales, Docushop, Icarus Films

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