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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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Edited by Simon Jacquet
Also known as
- Modernes Lebende
- Modern Lifeen
- La vida modernaes
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12 unique people credited
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Paul Argaud
as Lui-même - 63 ans, un fermier solitaire
Louis Bres
as Self
Marcelle Bres
as Self
Germaine Challaye
as Elle-même - sa femme, 70 ans
Marcel Challaye
as Lui-même - 80 ans, un fermier
Jacques Chirac
as Lui-même
Nathalie Deleuze
as Elle-même - sa femme
Raymond Depardon
as Voix
Abel Jeanroy
as Lui-même - 63 ans, un fermier à la retraite
Daniel Jeanroy
as Lui-même - qui a repris la ferme sans enthousiasme
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