The Gleaners and I

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The Gleaners and I is a 2000 French documentary film by Agnès Varda that poetically explores modern-day gleaners and themes of waste, survival, and aging through a personal, essayistic style.

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instanceOf French film
documentary film
awardReceived César Award nomination for Best Documentary
European Film Award for Best Documentary
cinematography Agnès Varda
countryOfOrigin France
criticalReception acclaimed
director Agnès Varda
distributor Zeitgeist Films
editing Agnès Varda
features Agnès Varda
follows modern-day gleaners in France
genre documentary
essay film
road movie
hasSequel The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later
linked to: The Gleaners and I
hasTheme ethics of waste
social inequality
time and mortality
inspiredBy gleaners in 19th-century French painting
narrationBy Agnès Varda
notableFor personal, essayistic style
reflection on aging by the filmmaker
use of lightweight digital cameras
originalLanguage French
originalTitle Les Glaneurs et la Glaneuse
linked to: The Gleaners and I
partOf filmography of Agnès Varda
portrays artists using found objects
people living from discarded food
rural gleaners
urban gleaners
productionCompany Ciné-Tamaris
releaseDate 2000-08-30
releaseYear 2000
runtimeMinutes 82
screenedAt Cannes Film Festival
subject aging
consumer society
gleaning
marginalized people
poverty
survival
waste
title The Gleaners and I
usesTechnique essayistic structure
first-person narration
handheld digital video
writer Agnès Varda

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Agnès Varda notableWork The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I title The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I originalTitle Les Glaneurs et la Glaneuse
linked to: The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I hasSequel The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later
linked to: The Gleaners and I
Ciné-Tamaris produced The Gleaners and I
Arlette Varda notableWork The Gleaners and I