Summary
Welcome to the world of industrial food production and high-tech farming! To the rhythm of conveyor belts and immense machines, the film looks without commenting into the places where food is produced in Europe: monumental spaces, surreal landscapes and bizarre sounds - a cool, industrial environment which leaves little space for individualism.
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- Teens
- Background watch
- Drop-in friendly
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 90Audiences 86GoodWatch 87
Tomatometer94%
Metascore86
User score9.8
Audience score83%
IMDb7.6
Running time
1 h 32 min
A typical length for documentaries
typical 9692Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 82 countries, rent or buy in 1 more
+72Released
2006
April 21, 2006
20 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
German
Original language
Also spoken
PolishMade in
- Austria
- Germany
Directing · 2
- Nikolaus Geyrhalter Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
- Maria Arlamovsky Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Wolfgang Widerhofer Writer, Producer, Editor
Production · 2
- Markus Glaser Producer
- Michael Kitzberger Production Manager, Producer
Sound · 3
- Hjalti Bager-Jonathansson Sound
- Andreas Hamza Sound
- Stefan Holzer Sound
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