Modern Life
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2008-10-29
Runtime: 88 mins
Director: Raymond Depardon
Writer: Raymond Depardon
Spoken language: Français
Genres: Documentary
Original title: Modern Life
Production Companies: Palmeraie et Désert, France 2 Cinéma
Production Countries: France
Cast
Profils paysans
Profils paysans : l'approche
2001-05-09
The first of a documentary serie about rural France.
Profils paysans : le quotidien
2005-02-23
Second documentary of a trilogy produced on the long term (together with Profils paysans: l'approche
Modern Life
2008-10-29
For ten years, Raymond Depardon has followed the lives of farmer living in the mountain ranges. He a
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