Our Daily Bread (2005)

Original title

Unser täglich Brot

Directed by

Nikolaus Geyrhalter

Genre

documentary film

Country

Germany, Austria

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

PG12

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 41 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary shows how modern technology is used to produce food on a massive scale. It presents real working situations inside food production facilities without narration or interviews.

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What happens

Our Daily Bread (German: Unser täglich Brot) is a 2005 documentary film directed, co-produced, and with cinematography by Nikolaus Geyrhalter. The script was co-written by Wolfgang Widerhofer and Nikolaus Geyrhalter. The film depicts how modern food production companies employ technology to produce food on large scales. It consists mainly of actual working situations without voice-over narration or interviews as the director tries to let viewers form their own opinion on the subject. The names of the companies where the footage was filmed are purposely not shown. The director's goal is to provide a realistic view on the internal workings of multiple food production companies in our modern society. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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