The Gleaners and I
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2000
1h 22m
NR
French
Documentary
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The Gleaners and I
Varda focuses her eye on gleaners: those who scour already-reaped fields for the odd potato or turnip. Her investigation leads from forgotten corners of the French countryside to off-hours at the green markets of Paris, following those who insist on finding a use for that which society has cast off, whether out of necessity or activism.
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Directed By: Agnès Varda
Written By: Agnès Varda
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badelf
2 years ago
One doesn't normally use the word "fun" and documentary in the same sentence, but Varga has such a unique personality and style that her films are actually fun. The Gleaners and I may be the most fun and yet, Varga delivers the political message with Vaseline. At the same time, we get an education o More
JPRetana
2 years ago
The Gleaners and I is a documentary about gleaning as both a physical and metaphysical activity. Director Agnès Varda is herself a meta-gleaner; she’s a gleaner of gleaners the same way that Jesus was a fisher of men.
The film is a confluence of the practical and the artistic. Many of the peop More
The film is a confluence of the practical and the artistic. Many of the peop More
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