The Gleaners and I
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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Agnès Varda Director · Isabelle Olivier Composer Joanna Bruzdowicz Composer
United States release March 7, 2001 · Produced in France · Original title Les Glaneurs et la Glaneuse
Production
Ciné-Tamaris
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Les Glaneurs et la Glaneuse
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · May 16, 2000
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
France · July 7, 2000
Theatrical
United States · March 7, 2001
Theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
October 1, 2000 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
October 7, 2000 · Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
March 30, 2001 · Premiere · Wisconsin Film Festival
February 7, 2010 · Premiere · Santa Barbara International Film Festival
April 21, 2015 · Premiere · Art of the Real
January 26, 2018 · Limited theatrical · Harvard Film Archive
December 23, 2019 · Limited theatrical · Film at Lincoln Center
Australia
April 13, 2025 · Premiere · Inner West Film Festival 2025
Brazil
March 14, 2026 · Limited theatrical · IMS Paulista
Czechia
April 4, 2001 · Premiere · One World Film Festival
France
July 6, 2000 · TV
Germany
December 6, 2001 · Theatrical
September 19, 2025 · Digital
Japan
February 9, 2002 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 23, 2002 · Theatrical
November 20, 2017 · Premiere · International Documentary Festival Amsterdam
September 4, 2025 · Theatrical · De blik van Varda
Portugal
June 3, 2018 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
November 16, 2014 · Premiere · Bath Film Festival
August 6, 2018 · Theatrical
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