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Gleaners & I, The
Zeitgeist Films
FILM:
MPAA 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)
| GENRE(S): |
Foreign
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Agnès Varda
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Agnès Varda
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: July 23, 2002
Video: July 23, 2002
Theatrical: March 7, 2001
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| RUNNING TIME: |
82 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
France |
| LANGUAGE(S): |
French (with English subtitles) |
Original French title: "Les Glaneurs et la Glaneuse"
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
100
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.
100
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.
100
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.
91
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Feels delightfully organic, eccentrically rambling, the found artistic collage of a woman who herself loves to collect.
90
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.
90
Chicago Reader
Meredith Brody
Beautiful, absorbing, and touching, this film is a mind-expanding experience not to be missed.
90
Film.com
Peter Brunette
It's a superb example of the genre of the self-expressive documentary.
88
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
At once guileless and profound.
88
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
Varda's charmingly eccentric amble, wise in its seeming waywardness.
83
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.
80
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.
80
LA Weekly
Ernest Hardy
It's both surreal -- and wholly accessible.
80
New York Magazine
Peter Rainer
There's a timelessness, an immanence to what she (Varda) shows us.
80
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Captivating new documentary, The Gleaners and I, is charged with the pleasure of discovery.
80
Village Voice
Amy Taubin
Eccentric and thoroughly winning.
75
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.
70
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.
70
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
Something of an odd bird, a cross between a documentary, an art film and a personal reflection on aging.
70
New Times (L.A.)
Andy Klein
Varda, still pixieish in her early 70s, is having fun here.
63
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
Varda injects her sprightly personality into the film, a seasoning that sometimes overwhelms the stew.
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