La Vie de bohème (1992)
Directed by Aki Kaurismäki

Comedy / Drama
aka: The Bohemian Life

Film Synopsis

Marcel Max has written a play that no publisher will touch.  Evicted from his lodgings because he can no longer afford the rent, Marcel ends up walking the streets.  One evening, he meets an Albanian painter, Rodolfo, who is as penniless as he is.  As he attempts to get back into his apartment, Marcel finds that it has already been re-let to another tenant, a musician named Schaunard.  The latter takes pity on the impoverished writer and invites him and Rodolfo to stay with him.  All three men are soon to experience the same hardships...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Aki Kaurismäki
  • Script: Aki Kaurismäki, Henri Murger (novel)
  • Cinematographer: Timo Salminen
  • Cast: Matti Pellonpää (Rodolfo), Evelyne Didi (Mimi), André Wilms (Marcel), Kari Väänänen (Schaunard), Christine Murillo (Musette), Jean-Pierre Léaud (Blancheron), Laika (Baudelaire), Carlos Salgado (Garcon de café), Alexis Nitzer (Henri Bernard), Sylvie Van den Elsen (Mme. Bernard), Gilles Charmant (Groupe rock), Dominique Marcas (Brocanteuse), Samuel Fuller (Gassot), Jean-Paul Wenzel (Francis), Louis Malle (Gentleman), André Penvern (Inspecteur de police), Maximilien Regiani (Médecin), Daniel Dublet (Serveur), Philippe Dormoy (Policier), Louis Delamotte (Propriétaire)
  • Country: France / Germany / Sweden / Finland
  • Language: French
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 103 min
  • Aka: The Bohemian Life

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