Black Bread (Catalan: Pa negre, IPA: [ˈpa ˈnɛɣɾə]) is a 2010 Catalan-language Spanish drama film written and directed by Agustí Villaronga.
The screenplay is based on the homonymous novel by Emili Teixidor, with elements from two other works by him, Retrat d'un assassí d'ocells and Sic transit Gloria Swanson.
In the harsh post-war years' Catalan countryside, Dionís, a bird dealer, is killed with his son by a man in a hooded cape.
Farriol, who was Dionís's business partner dealing with birds, is an easy target for incrimination due to his suspicious background as a supporter of the Second Spanish Republic.
Years before, the mayor and Farriol were rivals vying for the love of Florència, Andreu's mother, cementing the major resentment against both of them.
Florència has to work in a factory in Vic so Andreu is sent to live with his paternal relatives in a house full of women and children.
The grim household is completed by Andreu's orphan cousin Núria, a maimed but beautiful girl around his age, who lost a hand while playing with a grenade.
Exploring the cave where Pitorliua was castrated Andreu and Núria discover the names of the culprits on the wall: Dionís and Farriol.
Andreu confronts his mother and Florència confesses that Dionís and Farriol were paid by Mrs. Manubens to scare Pitorliua off, but things went too far.