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 |
| Editing | Simon Jacquet | Editor |
| Sound | Claudine Nougaret | Sound |
| Crew | Marcelle Brès | In Memory Of |
| Crew | Louis Brès | In Memory Of |
| Camera | Raymond Depardon | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Gérard Lamps | Sound Mixer |
| Editing | Esther Frey | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Esther Frey | Sound Editor |
| Editing | Aude Humblet | Color Timer |
| Production | Catherine Baudry | Accountant |
| Crew | André Bergeron | Thanks |
| Crew | Marinette Desfond | Thanks |
| Crew | Robert Desfond | Thanks |
| Crew | André Frachisse | Thanks |
| Crew | Germaine Frachisse | Thanks |
| Crew | Jeanne Serayet | Thanks |
| Crew | Robert Serayet | Thanks |
| Crew | Claudia Boittin | Thanks |
| Crew | Nicolas Boittin | Thanks |
| Crew | Paulette Maneval | Thanks |
| Crew | Robert Maneval | Thanks |
| Crew | Anaïs Valla | Thanks |
| Crew | Elsa Valla | Thanks |
| Crew | Maurice Clément | Thanks |
| Crew | Sylvain Pantel | Thanks |
| Crew | Charlotte Pantel | Thanks |
| Production | Mathilde Incerti | Publicist |
