Modern Life

Modern Life

2000 · 123 min · ★ 6.1 · Comedy, Drama

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.

Directed by Laurence Ferreira Barbosa · Written by Laurence Ferreira Barbosa

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