

Modern Life
2008-10-29 · 88 min · ★ 7.5
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.
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- Directors
- Raymond Depardon
- Production companies
- Palmeraie et Désert, France 2 Cinéma
- Countries
- France
- Status
- Released
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Raymond DepardonNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
Jacques ChiracSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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