Modern Life

Modern Life

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Movie Info

Farmers and their families and how they live in France.

Genre:

documentary
Original Language:

French (Canada)
Director:

Raymond Depardon
Producer:

Claudine Nougaret, Raymond Depardon
Writer:

Raymond Depardon
Release Date (Streaming):

Jan 27, 2015
Runtime:

1h 28m
Production Co:

Palmeraie et Désert, France 2 Cinéma

Cast & Crew

Paul Argaud

Germaine Challaye

Jacques Chirac

Nathalie Deleuze

Raymond Depardon

Abel Jeanroy

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Critic Reviews for Modern Life (Profils paysans: la vie moderne)

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This could be the most sublime film you'll ever see about French cattle farming.

April 9, 2009 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…

Tim Robey
Daily Telegraph (UK)
Though visually seductive, especially for anyone longing to escape the urban jungle, Modern Life is also to be admired for refusing to slide into postcard lyricism.

April 3, 2009 | Rating: 3/5

Jason Wood
Little White Lies
Visually evocative and deeply moving on the theme of the deterioration of an ancient way of rural life.

April 3, 2009 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

David Parkinson
Empire Magazine
Depardon's palpable sense of respect for his subjects lends the film a geniality that would otherwise have been hard to fabricate.

April 3, 2009 | Rating: 4/6 | Full Review…

David Jenkins
Time Out
The pastoral beauty of the scenery and the lyrical journey of Depardon's camera are underscored by a sense of acute melancholy and hopelessness in this affecting film.

April 3, 2009 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Wendy Ide
Times (UK)
There is a richness of fellow-feeling and lack of condescension in Raymond Depardon's study of rural farmers in the remote French countryside.

April 3, 2009 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Peter Bradshaw
Guardian
For [Raymond Depardon], this is clearly a love letter to his home. It's easy to like, easy to respond to and easy to see why it had to be made.

August 9, 2018 | Full Review…

Sarah Manvel
Critic's Notebook
The interviews aren't that insightful, but they have a simple poignancy.

April 9, 2009 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Edward Porter
Sunday Times (UK)
It's an austere, rewarding film.

April 9, 2009 | Full Review…

Philip French
Observer (UK)
A low-key but genuinely insightful journey through a vanishing way of life.

April 3, 2009 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Jon Fortgang
Film4
These are private people whose every careworn expression tells a story. It's during their silences that we see the real, human cost of progress.

April 3, 2009 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Elliott Noble
Sky Cinema
The beautifully shot Modern Life is a richly compassionate tribute to its hardy subjects and their slowly vanishing way of life.

April 3, 2009 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Tom Dawson
Total Film

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