Door middel van een serie portretten, is Raymond Depardon getuige van het boerenleven, hun waarden, familieverhalen, alles wat ze aan hun land verbindt en de opvolging. Depardon vraagt zich af wat er in de toekomst zal gebeuren met deze mensen van het platteland.
Nee, helaas is La Vie moderne nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Raymond Depardon | Director |
| Production | Claudine Nougaret | Producer |
| Writing | Raymond Depardon | Writer |
| Sound | Gabriel Fauré | Music |
| Sound | Claudine Nougaret | Sound |
| Editing | Aude Humblet | Color Timer |
| Crew | Louis Brès | In Memory Of |
| Sound | Esther Frey | Sound Editor |
| Crew | Marcelle Brès | In Memory Of |
| Production | Catherine Baudry | Accountant |
| Crew | André Bergeron | Thanks |
| Editing | Esther Frey | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Simon Jacquet | Editor |
| Crew | Marinette Desfond | Thanks |
| Crew | Robert Desfond | Thanks |
| Crew | André Frachisse | Thanks |
| Sound | Gérard Lamps | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Raymond Depardon | Director of Photography |
| Production | Mathilde Incerti | Publicist |
| Crew | Robert Serayet | Thanks |
| Crew | Robert Maneval | Thanks |
| Crew | Sylvain Pantel | Thanks |
| Crew | Charlotte Pantel | Thanks |
| Crew | Paulette Maneval | Thanks |
| Crew | Jeanne Serayet | Thanks |
| Crew | Elsa Valla | Thanks |
| Crew | Nicolas Boittin | Thanks |
| Crew | Anaïs Valla | Thanks |
| Crew | Maurice Clément | Thanks |
| Crew | Germaine Frachisse | Thanks |
| Crew | Claudia Boittin | Thanks |
