Our Daily Bread (2005 film)
2005 Austrian film
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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.
Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Markus Glaser
Michael Kitzberger
Wolfgang Widerhofer
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| Directed by | Nikolaus Geyrhalter |
| Written by | Wolfgang Widerhofer Nikolaus Geyrhalter |
| Produced by | Nikolaus Geyrhalter Markus Glaser Michael Kitzberger Wolfgang Widerhofer |
| Cinematography | Nikolaus Geyrhalter |
| Edited by | Wolfgang Widerhofer |
| Distributed by | Icarus Films (USA) |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Countries | Austria Germany |
| Languages | Polish German |
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.[1] 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.[2]
Foods transformations
Different processes in agriculture and food processing plants are shown in the film. Since scenes are mixed, food transformations are listed below with no particular order.
- Semen to pigs
- Pigs to meat
- Semen to cows
- Cows to meat
- Cows to milk
- Eggs to chickens
- Chickens to eggs
- Chickens to meat
- Fish
- Crops and field harvests (misc)
- Tomatoes in rock wool
- Salads night harvest
- Peppers
- Cucumbers
- Apples
- Olives harvest
- Salt from mines
Places and companies
The names of the companies where the footage was filmed are provided on the official site in the booklet pdf Archived 8 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine. They are listed below for convenience and to help further investigation:
- Danish Crown (pork, beef) company site Europe
- Tasty Tom (tomatoes) company site places Netherlands (sample Sat view)
- Geflügelhof Latschenberger GmbH (eggs) Biberbach, Austria
- Pro Ovo (eggs) company site Biberbach, Austria
- Radatz Fleischwaren (pork) company site Vienna, Austria
- Marché Couvert de Ciney (beef), Ciney, Belgium
- Abattoir et Marché de Bastogne (meat), company siteBastogne, Belgium
- Belgian Blue Group s.c.r.l (bulls) company site, Belgium
- Zaklady Drobiarskie ‘Kozieglowy’ Sp.zo.o (chickens), company site Kozieglowy, Poland
- Nutreco, Skretting, Marine Harvest, Norway, Marine Harvest processing plant Ryfisk at Hjelmeland (fish) company site Hjelmeland, Norway
- Vitana (pre-cooked foods), company site, Czech Republic
- Solofino (sprinkles) company site, Austria
- esco European salt company GmbH & Co. KG (rock salt) company site, Germany
- Agrargenossenschaft Cobbelsdorf eG (cereals), Cobbelsdorf Germany
- Kalbescher Werder Agrar GmbH (milk), Brunau Germany
- Quality Sprout Kerkdriel (sprouts), Kerkdriel Netherlands
- Löhle Thomas Obstbau (fruits), Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, Germany
- Salemfrucht GmbH (apples), Germany
- Árpád - Agrár Rt. (misc) company site Hungary
- Chiquita Deutschland (bananas) company site, Germany
- Sucatrans BVBA (transport of art), Belgium
- The Greenery (vegetables/fruits), company site, Netherlands
- Jamnica d.d., (mineral water) company site, Sveta Jana (???), Croatia
- Ferme la Béole (farm hostel) Belgium
- SAD s.r.o. (equipment?) Brezno, Slovakia
Reception
Our Daily Bread has a 94% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the critical consensus stated as, "A matter-of-fact, nearly wordless documentary, Our Daily Bread's spare presentation of slaughterhouses and human consumption serves up food for thought."[3] It also has an 86/100 on Metacritic,[4] and received two votes in the 2012 Sight & Sound polls of the world's greatest films.[5]
Awards
Award wins:
- Grand Prix, Festival International du Film d'Environnement, Paris, 2006
- EcoCamera Award, Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal, 2006
- Best Film, Ecocinema International Film Festival Athens 2006
- Honourable Mention, Special Jury Prize - International Feature - Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Toronto 2006
- Special John Templeton Prize - Visions du Réel documentary film festival, Nyon, Switzerland 2006:
- Special Jury Award - International Documentary Festival Amsterdam 2005
Nominations:
- Nomination, European Film Award, Prix Arte, 2006
