Les glaneurs et la glaneuse (2000)

Director:

Agnès Varda

Writer:

Agnès Varda (writer)

Release Date:

7 July 2000 (France)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

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...

Plot Keywords:

Potato | Fruit | Restoration | Caravan | Repairing

Awards:

11 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Bodan Litnanski	...	Himself
Agnès Varda	...	Herself
François Wertheimer	...	Himself

Also Known As:

The Gleaners & I (International: English title)

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | France:U | Germany:o.Al. | Netherlands:AL | Norway:A | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl

Company:

Ciné Tamaris

Movie Connections:

Featured in Les glaneurs et la glaneuse... deux ans après (2002)

Soundtrack:

Apfelsextett

A great film maker examines the role of the artist in society

This film is a feast for anyone who loves film, photography or art in general. Agnes Varda takes the viewer along on a very personal exploration about what it means to be an artist. To glean means to gather whatever crops have been left in the field after a harvest and the film is on one level a straight documentary about gleaners in France, exploring the various reasons why they glean - survival, to feed the poor, for fun. But gleaning is revealed to be an apt metaphor for the process of making art, and so, perhaps on a deeper level, Varda is examining her role as a film maker, a "gleaner" of images and life moments. Regardless of why you might watch this film, I recommend it for the playfulness and beauty of the photography, and the complex and personal depth of Varda's narrative.