Modern Life (2008)

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.

Cast (25)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

M

Marcel Challaye

Self

G

Germaine Challaye

Self

P

Paul Argaud

Self

A

Amandine Gagnaire

Self

M

Michel Valla

Self

A

Abel Jeanroy

Self

G

Gilberte Jeanroy

Self

D

Daniel Jeanroy

Self

J

Jean-François Pantel

Self

N

Nathalie Deleuze

Self

M

Monique Rouvière

Self

C

Cécile Rouvière

Self

C

Camille Quenehen

Self

A

Alain Rouvière

Self

R

Raymond Privat

Self

M

Marcel Privat

Self

M

Marcelle Brès

Self (archive footage)

L

Louis Brès

Self (archive footage)

Raymond Depardon

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Jacques Chirac

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nicolas Sarkozy

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

A

Anaïs Valla

Self (uncredited)

E

Elsa Valla

Self (uncredited)

S

Sylvain Pantel

Self (uncredited)

C

Charlotte Pantel

Self (uncredited)

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