Modern Life
2000, French. Directed by Laurence Ferreira Barbosa.
The lives of three people faced with an uncertain future. Marguerite, 17, is uncomfortable with her family enviroment and turns to God. Claire, who desperately wants a child, encounters again a former lover. Eva asks the unemployed Jacques, who has been left by his wife and his daughter, to find a missing friend.
- Runtime
- 2h 3m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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Cast & crew
- Laurence Ferreira BarbosaDirector
- Isabelle HuppertClaire
- Frédéric PierrotJacques
- Lolita ChammahMarguerite
- Aurélien RecoingGeorges
- Béatrice MichelInfirmière
- Juliette AndréaEva
- Jean-Pierre GosMarguerite's father
- Robert KramerAndy Hellman
- Marc RioufolLeon
- Blandine PauletSandra
- Cécile RichardGertrude
- Jean-Baptiste MontagutCast
Details
- Released
- 1 March 2000
- Original title
- La Vie moderne
- Country
- France
- Written by
- Yvonne Kerouedan, Bruno Guiblet, Laurence Ferreira Barbosa
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Modern Life runs 123 minutes (2h 3m).
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Modern Life isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 March 2000. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Modern Life?
Modern Life (2000) was directed by Laurence Ferreira Barbosa and stars Isabelle Huppert, Frédéric Pierrot, Lolita Chammah.