

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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- Released
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- Language
- French
- france
- countryside
- collecting
- handheld camera
- salvage
- woman director
- harvest
- trash
- potatoes
- rubbish dump
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York Film Festival1 Oct 2000
- PremiereChicago International Film Festival7 Oct 2000
- TheatricalNRNew York City, New York7 Mar 2001
- PremiereWisconsin Film Festival30 Mar 2001
- PremiereSanta Barbara International Film Festival7 Feb 2010
- PremiereArt of the Real21 Apr 2015
- Theatrical (limited)NRHarvard Film Archive26 Jan 2018
- Theatrical (limited)NRFilm at Lincoln Center23 Dec 2019
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBath Film Festival16 Nov 2014
- TheatricalPG6 Aug 2018
AustraliaAU
- PremiereMA 15+Inner West Film Festival 202513 Apr 2025
BrazilBR
- Theatrical (limited)14IMS Paulista14 Mar 2026
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival16 May 2000
- TV6 Jul 2000
- TheatricalTP7 Jul 2000
GermanyDE
- Theatrical06 Dec 2001
- Digital / OTT19 Sept 2025
JapanJP
- TheatricalG9 Feb 2002
NetherlandsNL
- TheatricalAL23 May 2002
- PremiereInternational Documentary Festival Amsterdam20 Nov 2017
- TheatricalALDe blik van Varda4 Sept 2025
PortugalPT
- Theatrical3 Jun 2018
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The Gleaners and I was released on 7 July 2000.
Audience reviews
2- B9/10
badelf
6/10/2022
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 on found art.
- T6/10
tmdb28039023
8/27/2022
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 people in the movie glean to eat (their children sing a revealing ditty: “Monday, potatoes/Tuesday, potatoes/Wednesday, potatoe…
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