Comedy ·Drama ·Romance · France · 1992 · 1h 43m

La Vie de Bohème

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Director
Aki Kaurismäki
Cast
Matti Pellonpää as Rodolfo Evelyne Didi as Mimi André Wilms as Marcel Kari Väänänen as Schaunard Christine Murillo as Musette Jean-Pierre Léaud as Blancheron
Crew
Timo Salminen — Director of Photography Veikko Aaltonen — Editor Aki Kaurismäki — Screenplay Henri Murger — Novel Aki Kaurismäki — Producer John Ebden — Production Design
Synopsis

Three penniless artists become friends in modern-day Paris: Rodolfo, an Albanian painter with no visa, Marcel, a playwright and magazine editor with no publisher, and Schaunard, a post-modernist composer of execrable noise.

Mood & Themes
friendshiphomeless personparis, francecomposerpainterplaywrightbohemianevictionstruggling artistpennilessstruggling playwrightbohemians
Key Collaborators
Aki Kaurismäki Director Timo Salminen Director of Photography Veikko Aaltonen Editor Aki Kaurismäki Screenplay Henri Murger Novel Aki Kaurismäki Producer John Ebden Production Design Simon Murray Costume Design
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