The Gleaners
8.0
A coming-of-age story about a filmmaker and his family as they struggle to adapt to both a changing world and a traditional one. Can the filmmaker's family accept that he is more interested choosing to document a famine that happened 50 years ago than choosing a wife? Will the family continue to farm their land and grow rice as they always have or sell it to developers? How can they adapt to life in modern China when the country itself is in the midst of identity crisis? The film explores these topics and more in a refreshingly original style that bridges the gap between documentary and narrative feature while providing a delightfully intimate portal into family life in modern China.
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Cast
5 people
Ye Zuyi Director
First release January 2, 2013 · Produced in France, China · Original title 拾穗
Production
Unseal Production
Production
France · China
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Languages
Original title
拾穗
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
China · January 2, 2013
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Finland
January 1, 2015 · DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival
France
November 1, 2015 · Jean Rouch Ethnographic Film Festival
Germany
October 10, 2015 · Hamburg Film Festival
Russia
May 1, 2015 · Moscow International Documentary Film Festival
South Korea
September 1, 2014 · DMZ DOCS
Switzerland
May 1, 2014 · Visions du réel - Nyon International Film Festival
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