Raymond Depardon
La Vie Moderne
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La Vie Moderne

La Vie Moderne

Raymond Depardon

2008
88 min.
France
French
Subtitles: Catalan and English

Through a series of portraits, Raymond Depardon becomes a witness to farmers’ lives, values, and family stories.

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Direction
Raymond Depardon
Production
Palmeraie et Désert
Synopsis

In the film that culminates his trilogy about the rural region where he was born, Raymond Depardon photographs the faces of its last inhabitants, old and young, in the intimacy of their homes and gives an account of a way of life that is slowly fading away. La Vie Moderne thus becomes a film that serenely talks about our roots, the importance of our legacy, and the future of the people who farm the land.

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Raymond Depardon

Raymond Depardon

Photographer and filmmaker

Born in 1942, at the age of 12 he began taking photographs of the family farm. After working as a ve...

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La Vie Moderne
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