Modern Life
2008•1h 28m•7.5•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Raymond Depardon
Writer
Raymond Depardon
Languages
French
Studio
Palmeraie et Désert
Cast
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
Monique Rouvière
Self
Cécile Rouvière
Self
Camille Quenehen
Self
Alain Rouvière
Self
Raymond Privat
Self
Production
Company
Palmeraie et Désert
Company
France 2 Cinéma
Producer
Claudine Nougaret
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