Modern Life (Profils Paysans, Chapitre 3: La vie moderne) 16 years old

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.

Credits

Modern Life Cast

Name Character
Jacques Chirac He was 76, 86 years old when he died as Lui-même (archive footage)

Modern Life Crew

Name Department
Raymond Depardon as Director. He was 66 (now 82) years old Directing
Raymond Depardon as Writer. He was 66 (now 82) years old Writing
Modern Life poster
Modern Life (16 years)

  • Release day: Monday, October 27, 2008
  • Runtime: 88 minutes