THE GLEANERS AND I
| 2001 (Re-released in 2026, digitally restored) – 88′ – Documentary, Films & Art, Women Directors
Written by: Agnès Varda.
Directed by: Agnès Varda.
Starring: Agnès Varda, Bodan Litnanski, François Wertheimer.
Official selections Cannes International Film Festival 2000, Toronto International Film Festival 2000, New York Film Festival 2000. Winner Best Documentary (European Films Awards 2000).
In French with English subtitles.
A Criterion Collection release. |
Agnès Varda’s extraordinary late-career renaissance began with this wonderfully idiosyncratic, self-reflexive documentary in which the French cinema icon explores the world of modern-day gleaners: those living on the margins who survive by foraging for what society throws away.