Glaneurs et la glaneuse, Les (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:

Art Restoration | Artist | Art | Caravan | Chef

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:

Followed by Glaneurs et la glaneuse... deux ans après, Les (2002)

Soundtrack:

Apfelsextett

Hollywood studios will never approve such a film

At least a film has been made with courage,determination and above all without caring at all about what the film market would say.Who in the world had thought that someone would take the trouble of making a documentary about people who do nothing but sort out eatables from huge piles of junk.The one and the only unofficial grand mother of French new wave cinema Agnes Varda has embraced modern Digital video technology in a nice way thereby enabling us viewers to watch hitherto unknown facets of impecunious people's lives in France:a country which is always feeling proud of its state controlled socialist traditions. The film is a proof that documentary tradition is still very much alive in France and most of the established veterans like Varda do like to dabble in such uncommon ventures.The best parts of this documentary revolve around Varda as she takes a tour of France on her hunt for the gleaners.This is really France uncut,a France you have all been longing to see but never got a chance to do so.Voilà explore France with this film.