The Bohemian Life

Name: The Bohemian Life
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 2022-04-29
Cast: Matti Pellonpää, Evelyne Didi, André Wilms, Kari Väänänen, Christine Murillo

The three artists wander around cheap Parisian apartments, sometimes in need, sometimes in prosperity. Bohemia by Aki Kaurismäki.

Boheemielämää

Aki Kaurismäki

Finland, France 1992

Finnish

Czech

100 min.

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About

Rodolfo (Matti Pellonpää), an Albanian refugee and painter; Marcel (André Wilms), a playwright; and Schaunard (Kari Väänänen), an avant-garde composer, become friends and allies in contemporary Paris. They maintain a genteel manner of relating to one another while constantly scrambling for money and risking starvation. After falling in love with a barmaid (Evelyne Didi), Rodolfo is deported. When he succeeds in re-entering the country, he and his friends try to revive their friendship.

Credits

Director: Aki Kaurismäki

Based on: Henri Murger

Screenplay: Aki Kaurismäki

Cinematography: Timo Salminen

Sound: Tom Forsström, Jouko Lumme

Editing: Veikko Aaltonen

Production Design: John Ebden

Producer: Aki Kaurismäki

Costumes: Simon Murray

Cast: Matti Pellonpää, Evelyne Didi, André Wilms, Kari Väänänen, Christine Murillo, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Carlos Salgado, Alexis Nitzer

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