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Gleaners & I, The

Universal acclaim
Based on 20 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Foreign
Written by: Agnès Varda
Directed by: Agnès Varda
Release Date:
Theatrical: March 7, 2001
DVD: July 23, 2002
Running Time: 82 minutes, Color
Origin: France
Summary
RATING: Not rated
Starring Bodan Litnanski, Agnès Varda, and François Wertheimer
An intimate, picaresque inquiry into French life, as lived by the country's poor and its provident, as well as by the film's own director, Agnès Varda. The aesthetic, political and finally moral point of departure for Varda are gleaners, those individuals who pick at already-reaped fields for the odd potato, the leftover turnip, and in previous generations were immortalized by the likes of Millet and Van Gogh. (Zeitgeist Films)
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FILM: Cinevardaphoto
Also On The Web: Internet Movie Database Official Studio Site
What The Critics Said
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Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
A fascinating nonfiction voyage into rural and urban France, focusing on idiosyncratic individuals who live off things the rest of us throw away, from food to furniture.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
The story of herself (Varda), a woman whose life has consisted of moving through the world with the tools of her trade, finding what is worth treasuring.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
Of all the movies I've seen in the past several years, this is one of the ones I love the most.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
Feels delightfully organic, eccentrically rambling, the found artistic collage of a woman who herself loves to collect.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Dana Stevens
She (Varda) plucks images and stories from the world around her, finding beauty and nourishment in lives and activities the world prefers to ignore.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Meredith Brody
Beautiful, absorbing, and touching, this film is a mind-expanding experience not to be missed.
Read Full Review >Film.com Peter Brunette
It's a superb example of the genre of the self-expressive documentary.
Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea
At once guileless and profound.
Boston Globe Jay Carr
Varda's charmingly eccentric amble, wise in its seeming waywardness.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker
Varda sees herself as a gleaner as she searches for the people and cultural activities missed by the rest of the media.
Read Full Review >Mr. Showbiz Michael Atkinson
A delicacy for mature filmgoers who are able to derive as much pleasure from a perfectly, sympathetically crafted essay as from a well-spun yarn.
New York Magazine Peter Rainer
There's a timelessness, an immanence to what she (Varda) shows us.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Captivating new documentary, The Gleaners and I, is charged with the pleasure of discovery.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Edward Guthmann
Varda's subject matter is surprisingly rich, but it's her own energetic, curious nature that gives the film its snap.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Ken Fox
It's a humbling way of life, and one that, as Varda discovers in this wonderful, 80-minute essay, has survived in surprising ways.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek
Something of an odd bird, a cross between a documentary, an art film and a personal reflection on aging.
Read Full Review >New Times (L.A.) Andy Klein
Varda, still pixieish in her early 70s, is having fun here.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jami Bernard
Varda injects her sprightly personality into the film, a seasoning that sometimes overwhelms the stew.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Buttered Popcorn gave it a 5:
Way too self-indulgent for me. A little less presence by the film-maker would have gone a long way.
Helen C. gave it a 10:
Wonderfully playful, politically sound and intelligently made. A unique offering to the cinema. Beautiful and moving.
