La vie moderne (2000)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Laurence Ferreira Barbosa

Writers:

Laurence Ferreira Barbosa (writer)
Bruno Guiblet (writer)
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Release Date:

1 March 2000 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Isabelle Huppert	...	Claire
Frédéric Pierrot	...	Jacques
Lolita Chammah	...	Marguerite
Juliette Andréa	...	Eva
Jean-Pierre Gos	...	Marguerite's father
Robert Kramer	...	Andy Hellman
Aurélien Recoing	...	Georges
Marc Rioufol	...	Leon
Teo Saavedra	...	Herminio
Jérémie Korenfeld	...	Pierre François
Jacques Spiesser	...	Désormières
Blandine Paulet	...	Sandra
Jean-Baptiste Montagut	...	Handsome neighbor
Cécile Richard	...	Gertrude
Nathalie Nell	...	Annick Renard
Pierre Banderet	...	Staff manager
Françoise Balibar	...	Jacques' landlady
Jean-Louis Loca	...	Poet in the garden
Annie Mercier	...	Eliane
Nicolas Pignon	...	Doctor
Christophe Loizillon	...	Homme couple d'amis
Suzanne Finet	...	Femme couple d'amis
Marie-Amélie Seigner	...	Pénélope
Laurent Jaffro	...	Le prof de philo
Emilien Gobard	...	Pedro
Thomas Cousseau	...	Grançon Grand Hôtel
Enrico Mattaroccia	...	Homme mannequin
Kristina Kumlin	...	Femme mannequin
Oumria Mouffok	...	Hôtesse hôpital
Carmen Castillo	...	Femme disque
Jean-Pierre Viguie	...	Homme disque
Béatrice Michel	...	Infirmière
Mathilde Wambergue	...	La prof de gym
Yvonne Kerouedan	...	Copine voisin
Emmanuel Clarke	...	Habitué café
Rodolphe Le Corre	...	Rolf
Charles Caro	...	M. Ferrier
Dolores Gonzalez	...	Hotesse d'accueil
Abdellah Moundy	...	Patron bar Eva
Sylvain Maury	...	Ami Eva
Denis Ferre	...	Gardien immeuble Eva
Robert Sender	...	Homme qui rompt
Adrien Boyadjian	...	Elliot
Gabriella Riga	...	Fille Jacques
Philippe Rebbot	...	Voix homme menaçant
Pierre Bray	...	Kidnappeur Eva 1
Pascal Rigot	...	Kidnappeur Eva 2
Nikolai Boldaev	...	L'oiseleur
Clotilde Porrot	...	Serveuse asiatique
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gersende Dufromentel

Directed by
Laurence Ferreira Barbosa

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Laurence Ferreira Barbosa		writer
Bruno Guiblet		writer
Kerouedan		writer

Produced by
Paulo Branco	....	producer
Patricia Plattner	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Faton Cahen

Cinematography by
Christophe Beaucarne

Film Editing by
Yann Dedet

Casting by
Richard Rousseau

Production Design by
Yves Fournier

Costume Design by
Nathalie Raoul

Makeup Department
Sylvia Carissoli	....	key makeup artist
Paul de Fisser	....	hair stylist: Isabelle Huppert
Thi Thanh Tu Nguyen	....	makeup artist: Isabelle Huppert

Production Management
Jean-Dominique Chouchan	....	unit manager
Stéphane Riga	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Linda Gabbay	....	trainee assistant director
Daniel Marchaudon	....	second assistant director
Valérie Mégard	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Bernard Bridon	....	property master
Valérie Faynot	....	assistant decorator
Valérie Faynot	....	second assistant production designer

Sound Department
Nicolas Becker	....	foley artist
Assia Dnednia	....	foley artist
Philippe Donnefort	....	sound assistant
Hans Künzi	....	sound mixer
Henri Maïkoff	....	sound
Marie-France Poulizac	....	sound editor
Nick Watson	....	sound consultant: Dolby

Camera and Electrical Department
Fabrice Anut	....	key grip
Eric Bialas	....	Steadicam operator
Guillaume Desfontaines	....	assistant camera
Nathalie Eno	....	still photographer
Franck Fiquet	....	electrician
Eric Gies	....	electrician
Moune Jamet	....	still photographer
Jean-Pierre Lacroix	....	electrician
Laurent Passera	....	grip
Ursula Sigon	....	assistant camera

Casting Department
Yann Coridian	....	extras casting
Renaud Gonzalez	....	extras casting
Marion Touitou	....	extras casting

Editorial Department
Marie Da Costa	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Teo Saavedra	....	musical advisor

Other crew
Sarah Barbault	....	production assistant
Bénédicte Darblay	....	script supervisor
Léonard Glowinski	....	financial director
Nagib Kerbouche	....	administrator
Julien Sabourdin	....	administrator

Production Companies

• Gémini Films
• Les Films du Camélia (co-production)
• Light Night (co-production)
• Canal+ (participation)
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (participation)
• Cofimage 10 (participation)
• L'Office Federal de la Culture (participation)
• Télévision Suisse-Romande (TSR) (participation)

Distributors

• Gémini Films (France)

Also Known As:

Modern Life (International: English title)
A Vida É uma Arte (Brazil) (cable TV title) [pt]

Runtime:

123 min

Country:

France | Switzerland

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

France:U | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud)

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Gémini Films

Normal people are SOMETHING special.

It's not much of The modern life we see here but The modern way to redirect a movie containing some aspects of not so modern life. When we see on TV reality-shows, people disposed to talk about their lives as it were movies, I can't help but thinking that what they are not disposed to talk could really be a great movie. That's exactly what happens here. Laurence Ferreira Barbosa portrays a nice movie with three tales, apparently not connected, that tells much about the loneliness of human being when they are confronted with their expectations and the true nature of their desires, forcing them to stand alone in their own speech. Fredéric Pierrot is deliciously funny and the young Lolita Chammah, probably will be following the steps of her mother Isabelle Huppert, but it is this last actress that fills the screen for she's probably the best in France. "Normal people are nothing special" reported Laurence in her debut-film. Well, I think they are!