The Gleaners & I

Cameron 2022-04-20 09:02:25

In December last year, Uncle Niu recommended a documentary - "Face, Village".

Alana 2022-04-21 09:03:19

(Four stars out of 10) In the alley, we saw people hunting for treasure in the rubbish heap. The Gleaners place them in an ancient legend. The practice of scavenging has been protected by the French constitution since Henry IV established the right to scavenge in 1554, and the men and women who...

Gladyce 2022-04-23 07:04:13

I wish I could live like those gleaners. Completely free, without any desire or needs.

Birdie 2022-03-17 09:01:08

Agnès has shown great interest in the lives of marginalized people. She opposes consumerism-led lifestyles and encourages the full use of resources, but the main theme is definitely not limited to the cliché of "environmental protection". The choice of material seems random, but in fact it follows Agnès's unique and refined logic. Unfolding from the famous painting "The Gleaner", the scene skips homeless people, artists, scavenger lovers, and social activists. The pattern is gradually expanded, and boredom is avoided profoundly. The action of bending over to pick up not only re-endows the value of the waste, but also reconstructs the life of the picker.