A desperate intern, an exploitative senior, a vain television show host, a corrupt pharmaceutical company, a conscientious professor, and an existentialist, indifferent author - all of these myriad elements constitute the world of ‘Daily Bread’. The film presents an interesting, tense, and drama-packed crossroads of its several components. Their journeys and the eventual convergence takes place during a live television show where an intensely divisive topic is up for conversation. 

A pharmaceutical corporation has developed a medication that claims to bolster immunity to previously unencountered levels. However, when questioned by its detractors, the company’s representative on the show is unable to provide any transparency on what truly constitutes the medicine or a concrete defense for the lack of inclusiveness in their customer base which is defined by privilege. Amidst the heated argument and the underlying stressors that involve the host as well, little do the participants realize that a far more violent and shocking development is awaiting them right around the corner. 

The narrative offers a zealous effort in roping the many layers within its screenplay and visual progression, coupled with satire and ironic humor. Even if some punches fall a little short of going the entire distance, the end result manages to tap into the swiftly devolving situation, chaotic and overwhelming, to finally tie all loose ends together into a composite whole.

Daily Bread | Short Film of the Day

The dilemma of two brothers regarding a crucial decision about the life of a third family member comes to form the body of the short film. Their father, who battles a chronic illness, is reduced to a vegetative state in an expensive facility. As the brothers struggle with the financial and emotional implications of the situation, they decide to take matters in their own hands, and thus euthanasia enters the plot. Soon follow a series of most unexpected events, finally culminating into a shocking conclusion. The short film is a sincere effort to tell its story and employs notable camerawork, comedic moments and a zesty background score to enhance itself. The execution is marked with ease, albeit a few slips, allowing it all to come together in the form of a complete narrative. Assistance further raises a philosophical question about what it means to be alive - is it simply the absence of death? Along with this, it also offers an engagement with ideas of guilt as well as familial duties and what they truly come to mean for the two brothers.

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