The Gleaners and I

★★★★★

Original title: Les glaneurs et la glaneuse · Turkish title: Toplayıcılar

2000 · 1 h 22 min

Directed by Agnès Varda

Documentary

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Cast

Agnès Varda

Credits

Written by: Agnès Varda
Cinematography: Didier Doussin Stéphane Krausz Didier Rouget
Music: Joanna Bruzdowicz Isabelle Olivier

Plot

A documentary about people who gather leftover crops and discarded goods, and about Varda's own ageing.

Sinekatalog’s take

Agnès Varda's documentary about people who gather leftovers is witty, humane and personal. Roving across France with a small camera, she turns scavenging into a gentle meditation on waste, community and ageing.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.7 / 10 (10,415 votes)
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