For ten years, Raymond Depardon has followed the lives of farmer living in the mountain ranges. He allows us to enter their farms with astounding naturalness. This moving film speaks, with great serenity, of our roots and of the future of the people who work on the land. This the last part of Depardon's triptych "Profils paysans" about what it is like to be a farmer today in an isolated highland area in France. "La vie moderne" examines what has become of the persons he has followed for ten years, while featuring younger people who try to farm or raise cattle or poultry, come hell or high water.
| 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 |
