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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. Embracing the intimacy and freedom of digital filmmaking, Varda posits herself as a kind of gleaner of images and ideas, one whose generous, expansive vision makes room for ruminations on everything from aging to the birth of cinema to the beauty of heart-shaped potatoes. By turns playful, philosophical, and subtly political, The Gleaners and I is a warmly human reflection on the contradictions of our consumerist world from an artist who, like her subjects, finds unexpected richness where few think to look. (Criterion)
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Definitely an interesting documentary, at least in terms of the topic the director chose to work on. But in the end, what's even more interesting is how extensively she managed to grasp the subject, showing all the aspects that such collecting entails while remaining true to the people she wanted to tell the story of, seemingly poorer and lost at first glance. You can find something more in them as well.
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