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Documentaries like The Gleaners and I

Not everyone loves The Gleaners and I for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love The Gleaners and I

Read them all. One will sound more like you than the others.

  1. You like meeting real people who live off what others throw away.

  2. You like Varda herself, filming her own hands and her own age.

  3. You want a gentle, curious film that wanders where it likes.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

Tick them here or with “That’s me” above. The picks re-sort by how many of your reasons they share.

  • Honeyland2019

    • meeting real people who live off what others throw away

    Good for you if you like a real life filmed over three years, with no narrator.

  • Faces Places2017

    • a gentle, curious film that wanders where it likes

    Good for you if you like a gentle road trip full of kind people.

  • The Beaches of Agnès2008

    • meeting real people who live off what others throw away
    • Varda herself, filming her own hands and her own age

    Good for you if you like a filmmaker telling her own life in her own way.

  • The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness2013

    • meeting real people who live off what others throw away

    Good for you if you want to watch Miyazaki draw, grumble and doubt at his desk.

  • The Mole Agent2020

    • Varda herself, filming her own hands and her own age
    • a gentle, curious film that wanders where it likes

    Good for you if you like a gentle, funny film with a kind old man at its center.

  • To Be and to Have2002

    • a gentle, curious film that wanders where it likes

    Good for you if you like a quiet year in a small village classroom.

  • Waste Land2010

    • meeting real people who live off what others throw away

    Good for you if you want real people from Jardim Gramacho telling their own lives.

  • Jiro Dreams of Sushi2011

    • meeting real people who live off what others throw away
    • Varda herself, filming her own hands and her own age

    Good for you if you like watching a real craftsman at work with no story added.

  • Cuba and the Cameraman2017

    • meeting real people who live off what others throw away
    • Varda herself, filming her own hands and her own age

    Good for you if you want ordinary Cuban lives filmed over more than forty years.

  • Kedi2017

    • a gentle, curious film that wanders where it likes

    Good for you if you want a gentle, low-stakes film for a quiet evening.

Reasons taken from The Gleaners and I's card. Picks from the Ipsomap catalogue. This application uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.

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