‘’The Gleaners and I’’ is both a diary and a kind of extended essay on poverty, thrift and the curious place of scavenging in French history and culture.

Agnes Varda’s film uncovers a subterranean world of poverty and loneliness in the midst of plenty. An elderly peasant woman recalls the old days, when, as in Millet’s painting, gleaning was a communal activity, festive and sociable even as it was backbreaking. Now, Ms. Varda notes, people scavenge alone, and they gather not only agricultural surplus but supermarket trash as well.

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£2 entry to film

Film starts at 7.45 and will be followed by discussion and drinks. Running Time: 82 mins