La vie moderne / Paulo Branco présente un film de Laurence Ferreira Barbosa ; scénario, Laurence Ferreira Barbosa ; adaptation et dialogues de Laurence Ferreira Barbosa, Yvonne Kerouedan avec la collaboration de Bruno Guiblet et Cedric Kahn.

A film about a trio of unconnected people who struggle through the loneliness of their lives. Impetuous 17-year-old Marguerite, who feels cut off from both her family and classmates, passes the time by talking to God. Eventually, she decides to enter a convent. Meanwhile, housewife Claire is frustra...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Vie moderne (Motion picture : 2000)
Corporate Authors: Gémini Films (Production company)
Bureau-Le Petit Bureau (Film distributor)
Other Authors: Ferreira Barbosa, Laurence, 1958- (Film director, Screenwriter)
Guiblet, Bruno (Screenwriter)
Kérouédan, Yvonne (Screenwriter)
Huppert, Isabelle (Actor)
Language:French
Language and/or Writing System:
In French.
Published: [Paris, France] : Gemini Films, [1999]
Subjects:
Loneliness > Drama.
Families > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Anthology films.
Feature films.
Internet videos.
Streaming video.
Genre:
Drama.
Anthology films.
Feature films.
Internet videos.
Streaming video.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users
Physical Description:1 streaming video file (1 video file (120 min.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
Modern life.
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
A film about a trio of unconnected people who struggle through the loneliness of their lives. Impetuous 17-year-old Marguerite, who feels cut off from both her family and classmates, passes the time by talking to God. Eventually, she decides to enter a convent. Meanwhile, housewife Claire is frustrated after ten years of childless marriage. While going to visit a fertility expert in Paris, she happens upon an old lover, gets picked up by some guy at a bar and has a bizarre encounter with an America singer. Meantime, Jacques is divorced, unemployed, and loathed by his daughter. Just as his life looks one long exercise in desperate futility, he meets comely Eva. Suddenly, he transforms himself into a private detective, trying to track down a missing associate.
Note:Originally released as a motion picture in 2000.
"Une coproduction Gemini Films, Le Studio Canal+, Les Films du Camelia, Light Night Production SA (Suisse)."
Credits:Cinematographer, Christophe Beaucarne; editor, Yann Dedet; music, Faton Cahen.
Cast:
Isabelle Huppert, Frederic Pierrot, Lolita Chammah, Juliette Andrea, Robert Kramer, Jean-Pierre Gos. Aurelien Recoing, Marc Rioufol, Teo Saavedra, Blandine Paulet, Jaremie Korenfeld, Jacques Spiesser.
Source of Description:
Online resource; title from opening/closing credits (Digitalia Film Library, viewed October 26, 2015).