the gleaners and i

What was most surprising to you about this film?
I didnt know that the film was going to be in another language. I also found the artist to be rather strange. She made the video focusing on gleaners. What I found interesting is that she also added the trash pickers to it. I thought gleaners were people who picked up the leftovers of the farmers, not trash pickers. Maybe I miss understood the definition of a gleaner. What else i found suprising was that the artist would capture her hand on camera, and that she added the part where she is driving down the highway capturing trucks with her hand. It was just strange to me.
How does Varda, a well-respected experimental filmmaker, compare this film to gleaning?
Most of the film was about gleaning. She fallowed people around who would go to the farms and collect the things that the farmers left behind. It was also explained why these they would pick up the leftovers because it was perfectly good food, just couldnt be sold in a market. I think that the market restrictions needs to be altered, because of the waised food they leave behind.
How do the images of gleaning by Millet and Van Gogh differ from those Varda presents in her film?
Van Gogh was an artist who painted gleaners. Varda filmed them. I am not quite sure who Millet is.