The New York Times by Dana Stevens
She (Varda) plucks images and stories from the world around her, finding beauty and nourishment in lives and activities the world prefers to ignore.
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France · 2000
1h 22m
Director Agnès Varda
Starring Bodan Litnanski, Agnès Varda, François Wertheimer
Genre Documentary
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Varda focuses her eye on gleaners: those who scour already-reaped fields for the odd potato or turnip. From forgotten corners of the French countryside to off-hours at the green markets of Paris, she follows those who insist on finding a use for that which society has cast off, whether out of necessity or activism.
The New York Times by Dana Stevens
She (Varda) plucks images and stories from the world around her, finding beauty and nourishment in lives and activities the world prefers to ignore.
Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
A fascinating nonfiction voyage into rural and urban France, focusing on idiosyncratic individuals who live off things the rest of us throw away, from food to furniture.
San Francisco Chronicle by Edward Guthmann
Varda's subject matter is surprisingly rich, but it's her own energetic, curious nature that gives the film its snap.
It's both surreal -- and wholly accessible.
New York Daily News by Jami Bernard
Varda injects her sprightly personality into the film, a seasoning that sometimes overwhelms the stew.
Varda's charmingly eccentric amble, wise in its seeming waywardness.
It's a humbling way of life, and one that, as Varda discovers in this wonderful, 80-minute essay, has survived in surprising ways.
New York Magazine (Vulture) by Peter Rainer
There's a timelessness, an immanence to what she (Varda) shows us.
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
The story of herself (Varda), a woman whose life has consisted of moving through the world with the tools of her trade, finding what is worth treasuring.
Philadelphia Inquirer by Steven Rea
At once guileless and profound.
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