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The Gleaners and I

7.7(234)20001h 22m2

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

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    badelf

    6/10/2022

    9/10

    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.

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    tmdb28039023

    8/27/2022

    6/10

    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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