Modern Life
Oct 29, 2008 · 1h 28m
Director
Raymond DepardonOverview
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 of Modern Life
Marcel ChallayeSelf- Germaine ChallayeSelf
- Paul ArgaudSelf
- Amandine GagnaireSelf
- Michel VallaSelf
- Abel JeanroySelf
- Gilberte JeanroySelf
- Daniel JeanroySelf
- Jean-François PantelSelf
- Nathalie DeleuzeSelf
- Monique RouvièreSelf
- Cécile RouvièreSelf
- Camille QuenehenSelf
- Alain RouvièreSelf
- Raymond PrivatSelf
- Marcel PrivatSelf
- Marcelle BrèsSelf (archive footage)
- Louis BrèsSelf (archive footage)
Raymond DepardonNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
Jacques ChiracSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nicolas SarkozySelf (archive footage) (uncredited)- Anaïs VallaSelf (uncredited)
- Elsa VallaSelf (uncredited)
- Sylvain PantelSelf (uncredited)
- Charlotte PantelSelf (uncredited)
Crew of Modern Life
- Raymond DepardonDirector, Writer, Director of Photography
- Claudine NougaretProducer, Sound
Simon JacquetEditor- Mathilde IncertiPublicist
- Marcelle BrèsIn Memory Of
- Marinette DesfondThanks
- Elsa VallaThanks
Gabriel FauréMusic- Robert DesfondThanks
- Louis BrèsIn Memory Of
- Robert SerayetThanks
- Anaïs VallaThanks
- Germaine FrachisseThanks
Gérard LampsSound Mixer- Esther FreyAssistant Editor, Sound Editor
- Maurice ClémentThanks
- Sylvain PantelThanks
- Aude HumbletColor Timer
- André FrachisseThanks
- Robert ManevalThanks
About Modern Life
What is Modern Life about?
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…
When was Modern Life released?
Modern Life was released on October 29, 2008.
How long is Modern Life?
Modern Life runs 1 hour 28 minutes (88 minutes).
Who directed Modern Life?
Modern Life was directed by Raymond Depardon.
Who is in the cast of Modern Life?
The cast of Modern Life includes Marcel Challaye (Self), Germaine Challaye (Self), Paul Argaud (Self), Amandine Gagnaire (Self) and Michel Valla (Self).