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

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M Marcel Challaye

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G Germaine Challaye

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M Monique Rouvière

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C Cécile Rouvière

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C Camille Quenehen

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A Alain Rouvière

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R Raymond Privat

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M Marcel Privat

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M Marcelle Brès

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Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Raymond Depardon

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Nicolas Sarkozy

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S Sylvain Pantel

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C Charlotte Pantel

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A Amandine Gagnaire

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G Gilberte Jeanroy

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D Daniel Jeanroy

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J Jean-François Pantel

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N Nathalie Deleuze

Crew

Director

Raymond Depardon

Producer

C Claudine Nougaret

Writer

Raymond Depardon

Music

G Gabriel Fauré

Editor

Sound

C Claudine Nougaret

In Memory Of

M Marcelle Brès

In Memory Of

Director of Photography

Raymond Depardon

Sound Mixer

Assistant Editor

Sound Editor

Color Timer

Accountant

C Catherine Baudry

Thanks

A André Bergeron

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M Marinette Desfond

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R Robert Desfond

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A André Frachisse

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G Germaine Frachisse

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J Jeanne Serayet

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R Robert Serayet

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C Claudia Boittin

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N Nicolas Boittin

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P Paulette Maneval

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R Robert Maneval

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M Maurice Clément

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S Sylvain Pantel

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C Charlotte Pantel

Publicist

M Mathilde Incerti