Movie

The Gleaners and I

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8.1526average critics score, out of 1020001h 22m

Documentary

An 1867 painting by Jean-François Millet inspired septuagenarian documentarian Agnès Varda to cross the French countryside to videotape people who scavenge. Taking everything from surplus in the fields, to rubbish in trashcans, to oysters washed up after a storm, the "gleaners" range from those sadly in need to those hoping to recreate the community activity of centuries past, and still others who use whatever they find to cobble together a rough art. Highlighted by Varda's amusing narration.

Directed by:

Agnès Varda