The Bohemian Life
The three artists wander around cheap Parisian apartments, sometimes in need, sometimes in prosperity. Bohemia by Aki Kaurismäki.
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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.
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Director:
Aki Kaurismäki
Based on:
Henri Murger
Screenplay:
Aki Kaurismäki
Cinematography:
Timo Salminen
Editing:
Veikko Aaltonen
Production Design:
John Ebden
Producer:
Aki Kaurismäki
Cast:
Matti Pellonpää, Evelyne Didi, André Wilms, Kari Väänänen, Christine Murillo, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Carlos Salgado, Alexis Nitzer
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