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User Rating:
7.9/10   193 votes
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Director:
Raymond Depardon
Writers:
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Contact:
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Release Date:
29 October 2008 (France) more
Genre:
Documentary more
Plot:
A look at several generations of farmers and several farmer families in contemporary France. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
La Vie Moderne claims Louis Delluc
 (From ioncinema. 15 December 2008)

Best Bets Cannes 08: Un Certain Regard
 (From ioncinema. 14 May 2008)

User Comments:
it doesn't deliver. more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Paul Argaud ... Lui-même - 63 ans, un fermier solitaire
Germaine Challaye ... Elle-même - sa femme, 70 ans
Marcel Challaye ... Lui-même - 80 ans, un fermier
Jacques Chirac ... Lui-même (archive footage)
Nathalie Deleuze ... Elle-même - sa femme
Raymond Depardon ... Lui-même / Voix
Abel Jeanroy ... Lui-même - 63 ans, un fermier à la retraite (as Abel Jean Roy)
Daniel Jeanroy ... Lui-même - qui a repris la ferme sans enthousiasme (as Daniel Jean Roy)
Gilberte Jeanroy ... Elle-même - sa femme (as Gilberte Jean Roy)
Jean-François Pantel ... Lui-même - un jeune fermier établi dans un hameau
Marcel Privat ... Lui-même - 88 ans, un vieux berger
Raymond Privat ... Himself
Camille Quennehen ... Elle-même - la fille adolescente de Cécile
Alain Rouvière ... Lui-même - leur neveu qui gère la ferme
Cécile Rouvière ... Elle-même - la femme qu'il vient d'épouser
Nicolas Sarkozy ... Lui-même (archive footage)
Amandine Valla ... Elle-même - la jeune femme de Michel, qui voudrait élever des chèvres
Michel Valla ... Lui-même - son mari
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Country Profiles: Modern Life (International: English title) (literal title)
Profils paysans - La vie moderne (France) (working title)
Profils paysans: La vie moderne (France) (series title)
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Runtime:
88 min
Country:
France
Language:
French
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby SR
Certification:
Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Ireland:PG | Argentina:Atp
Filming Locations:
Ariège, France more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
French visa # 109528. more
Movie Connections:
Follows Profils paysans: le quotidien (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Elegy opus 24 for cello and orchestra more

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1 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
it doesn't deliver., 5 May 2009
4/10
Author: iiigoiii from United States

while this installment of the series does indeed provide some very beautiful shots of rural France and the people who are farming it, it fails on several levels.

it fails to tell the story of the farmers it's following. unless you believe that sitting around a table in an uncomfortable silence responding to excruciatingly slowly delivered, simplistic questions is a true slice of their lives.

it fails to tell a story at all, barely scratching at the surface of the problems faced by these farmers using traditional methods.

it seems more a vehicle for the filmmaker to proudly tell us repeatedly how well he knows these folks (which is not borne out by the reactions of the farmers to him or his questions), while feeding us sorrowful questions about death in preparation for the mournful, cello-stoked, backwards-view-of-life ending.

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