CinemaOSMovie · 2008 · 1h 28m

Modern Life

75%(25)IMDbDocumentary

For ten years, Raymond Depardon has followed the lives of farmer living in the mountain ranges. He allows us to enter their farms with astounding naturalness. This moving film speaks, with great serenity, of our roots and of the future of the people who work on the land. This the last part of Depardon's triptych "Profils paysans" about what it is like to be a farmer today in an isolated highland area in France. "La vie moderne" examines what has become of the persons he has followed for ten years, while featuring younger people who try to farm or raise cattle or poultry, come hell or high water.

Directed byRaymond Depardon

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 28m
Language
FR
Released
October 29, 2008
Studios
France 2 CinémaPalmeraie et Désert

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring

Marcel Challaye

Self

Germaine Challaye

Self

Paul Argaud

Self

Amandine Gagnaire

Self

Michel Valla

Self

Abel Jeanroy

Self

Gilberte Jeanroy

Self

Daniel Jeanroy

Self

Jean-François Pantel

Self

Nathalie Deleuze

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Raymond Depardon
Raymond Depardon
Written by
Raymond Depardon
Raymond Depardon
Produced by
Claudine Nougaret

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