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The Gleaners and I

2000 · 82 min

A gentle, curious ramble through fields and markets, full of small human encounters and quiet wonder at what others throw away.

Directed by: Agnès Varda
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Agnès Varda, Bodan Litnanski, François Wertheimer

Overview: Varda focuses her eye on gleaners: those who scour already-reaped fields for the odd potato or turnip. Her investigation leads from forgotten corners of the French countryside to off-hours at the green markets of Paris, following those who insist on finding a use for that which society has cast off, whether out of necessity or activism.

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Directed by: Agnès Varda
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Agnès Varda, Bodan Litnanski, François Wertheimer

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
survival
environment
work
isolation
Places: countryside
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Humour	4
Realism	10
Romance	1
Tension	1
Darkness	2
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	5

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