The Bohemian Life
The three artists wander around cheap Parisian apartments, sometimes in need, sometimes in prosperity. Bohemia by Aki Kaurismäki.
Videos
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.
Read more
Credits
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
Links
Similiar content
-
SubscriptionCoffee and Cigarettes
Comedy short stories
-
SubscriptionThe Other Side of Hope
Comedy
-
SubscriptionPaterson
Romantic drama
-
SubscriptionShadows in Paradise
Comedy
-
SubscriptionThe Match Factory Girl
Drama
-
SubscriptionCrime and Punishment
Drama
-
SubscriptionI Hired a Contract Killer
Comedy
-
SubscriptionHome Care
Comedy drama
-
SubscriptionLeningrad Cowboys Go America
Music comedy
-
SubscriptionAngel's Share
Comedy drama
