“The film’s formal elegance, moral underpinning, and intellectually stimulating point of view also make it essential. Takes us inside worlds of wonder and terror.”—New York Times

With no dialogue and striking cinematography, Our Daily Bread reveals a fascinating system—affecting everyone—that is at once exacting in its efficiency, yet incredibly devoid of humanity and the pleasure associated with eating. Director Geyrhalter was given unprecedented access to the industrialized and impersonal world of contemporary food production, and his dynamic images provide the damning consequences of a soulless technology that fulfills our desire for a vast variety of food at cheap prices. 2005, Austria, 35mm, 92 minutes.

“The film’s formal elegance, moral underpinning, and intellectually stimulating point of view also make it essential. Takes us inside worlds of wonder and terror.”—New York Times

With no dialogue and striking cinematography, Our Daily Bread reveals a fascinating system—affecting everyone—that is at once exacting in its efficiency, yet incredibly devoid of humanity and the pleasure associated with eating. Director Geyrhalter was given unprecedented access to the industrialized and impersonal world of contemporary food production, and his dynamic images provide the damning consequences of a soulless technology that fulfills our desire for a vast variety of food at cheap prices. 2005, Austria, 35mm, 92 minutes.