Pivoting around
Luis Buñuel's belief that a film must always defend and indirectly communicate the idea that we live in a brutal, hypocritical, and unjust world, "Land Without Bread" focuses on what was considered to be one of the poorest and most geographically remote areas of Spain: the autonomous community of Las Hurdes. Without shying away from explicit violence, director
Luis Buñuel portrays the extreme poverty, the inhuman conditions, and the despair of the indigenous population, portraying the lack of roads and electricity, as well as the worrying spread of diseases such as malaria.
—Nick Riganas