THE GLEANERS AND I

Original title: LES GLANEURS ET LA GLANEUSE
Directed by Agnès Varda
2000 | France | 82 minutes
French with English subtitles

Thursday, March 12, 2026 | 7:30 p.m. | The Hollywood Theatre

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The word “gleaners” traditionally refers to people who scavenge the countryside after a harvest, picking up crops that had been left behind. Inspired by an 1867 painting by Jean-Francois Millet depicting women in aprons, stooping for stalks of wheat, director Agnès Varda use the Millet painting as a jumping-off point for a personal reflection on gleaners of all kinds, from scavengers of odd-shaped potatoes and storm-dislodged oysters to artists who make meaningful use of recycled materials. She also shines a light on marginalized communities and citizens who cobble together their diets and their homes from societal rubbish.