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The Gleaners and I (French: Les glaneurs et la glaneuse, lit. "The gleaners and the female gleaner") is a 2000 French documentary film by Agnès Varda that features various kinds of gleaning. It screened out of competition at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival ("Official Selection 2000"), and later went on to win awards around the world.
A film by the French cinema icon Agnès Varda, who explores the world of modern-day gleaners and their richness of images and ideas. The Gleaners and I is a playful, philosophical, and subtly political reflection on the contradictions of our consumerist world.
Jul 7, 2000 · A film about gleaners, those who pick leftover food or trash, and their lives and ethics. Director Agnès Varda explores the themes of survival, art, and consumerism through interviews and images.
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- Agnès Varda
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The Gleaners and I (French: Les glaneurs et la glaneuse, lit. "The gleaners and the female gleaner") is a 2000 French documentary film by Agnès Varda that features various kinds of gleaning.
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May 11, 2001 · Roger Ebert praises Agnes Varda's film as a personal and meditative essay on gleaning, life and cinema. He describes how Varda uses a digital camera to capture the ancient tradition of finding treasure in the refuse, and how she reveals her own story as a gleaner and a filmmaker.
A film about people who scavenge for food and other resources in the French countryside, inspired by a painting by Jean-Francois Millet. Director Agnès Varda explores the motives, methods and challenges of the "gleaners" with humor and compassion.
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Watch The Gleaners and I, a film by the late French director Agnès Varda, who explores the practice of gleaning as a way of life and a form of resistance. The film is a personal and political reflection on the things we reclaim and the world we live in.
