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The Gleaners and I

The 21st Century’s 100 greatest films (BBC)

Les glaneurs et la glaneuse

2000

Agnès Varda

Documentary

7.6

4,649

Documentary Here and there in France. Agnès has come across gleaners, foragers, rummagers and scavengers. Through necessity, purely by chance or out of choice these people pick up left-over items discarded by others. Their world is a surprising one, but a far cry from the world of yesterday’s gleaners, peasant women who rummaged for bits of wheat left after the harvest. Potatoes, apples, discared foodstuffs, things without owners, clocks without ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"In 'The Gleaners and I', [Varda] has a new tool--a modern digital camera. We sense her delight (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"Ms. Varda's gleaners retain a resilient, generous humanity that is clearly brought to the surface by her own tough, open spirit."	POS
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"Part of what critics and audiences respond to in Varda's work is her utter lack of pretension and her capacity to tackle several interlocking subjects (...) without any sense of strain (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Xan Brooks The Guardian	"Varda shies decorously away from obvious political conclusions (...) A film that is at once airily free-form and oddly profound."	POS
United States	Scott Tobias AV Club	"A loose, playful assemblage that's part cultural history, part social exposé, and part charming self-portraiture"	POS
United States	Elise Nakhnikian Slant	"[It] is surprisingly lighthearted and hopeful, thanks to Varda’s genius for connecting with the communality and creativity of the human spirit."	POS
Australia	Richard Kuipers Urbancinefile	"'The Gleaners' is one of the best documentaries I have ever seen. It is magical, playful, inspiring and touching"	POS
United States	Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly	"'Gleaners' feels delightfully organic, eccentrically rambling, the found artistic collage of a woman who herself loves to collect."	POS
United Kingdom	Wally Hammond Time Out	"[A] delightful, encouraging documentary"	POS

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