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Agnès VardaScreenplay:
Agnès VardaCinematography:
Didier RougetComposer:
Joanna BruzdowiczCast:
Agnès VardaVOD (2)
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Agnès Varda, Grande Dame of the French New Wave, has made 2001's most acclaimed non-fiction film-a self-described "wandering-road documentary." Beginning with the famous Jean-François Millet painting of women gathering wheat left over from a harvest, she focuses her ever-seeking eye on gleaners: those who scour already-reaped fields for the odd potato or turnip. Her investigation leads us 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. Varda's own ruminations on her life as a filmmaker (a gleaner of sorts) give her a connection to her subjects that creates a touching human portrait. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
European Film Awards
- 2000 - Agnès Varda (Best Documentary Film)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- 2001 - Agnès Varda (Best Documentary/Non Fiction Film)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2001 - Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary)