



Agnès Varda picks up a consumer video camera and turns her lens on France's gleaners: scavengers, artists, and society's overlooked. The result is intimate, political, and unexpectedly joyful, with Varda herself becoming a gleeful participant in her own documentary.
essayist cinema
handheld intimacy
political & playful
Varda retrospective
Tips
🎥shot on a consumer digital camera
🍿part of full Varda retrospective at Film Forum
⏱️82 minutes, French with subtitles
The Gleaners And I
Hudson Square




Agnès Varda picks up a consumer video camera and turns her lens on France's gleaners: scavengers, artists, and society's overlooked. The result is intimate, political, and unexpectedly joyful, with Varda herself becoming a gleeful participant in her own documentary.
essayist cinema
handheld intimacy
political & playful
Varda retrospective
Tips
🎥shot on a consumer digital camera
🍿part of full Varda retrospective at Film Forum
⏱️82 minutes, French with subtitles
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