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This deadpan tragicomedy about a group of impoverished, outcast artists living the bohemian life in Paris is among the most beguiling films by Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki. Based on stories from Henri Murger’s influential mid-nineteenth-century book Scènes de la vie de bohème (the basis for the opera La bohème), the film features a marvelous trio of Kaurismäki regulars—André Wilms, Matti Pellonpää, and Karl Väänänen—as a writer, painter, and composer who scrape by together, sharing in life’s daily absurdities. Gorgeously shot in black and white, La vie de bohème is a vibrantly scrappy rendition of a beloved tale.
Original Release
02/27/1992
US Release
07/29/1993
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Matti Pellonpää | Rodolfo |
Evelyne Didi | Mimi |
Andre Wilms | Marcel Marx / Marcel |
Kari Vaananen | Schaunard |
Christine Murillo | Musette |
Jean-Pierre Leaud | Blancheron |
Laika | Baudelaire |
Carlos Salgado | Garcon de café / Waiter |
Alexis Nitzer | Henri Bernard |
Sylvie Van den Elsen | Mme. Bernard / Mrs. Bernard |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Matti Pellonpää | Rodolfo |
Evelyne Didi | Mimi |
Andre Wilms | Marcel Marx / Marcel |
Kari Vaananen | Schaunard |
Christine Murillo | Musette |
Jean-Pierre Leaud | Blancheron |
Laika | Baudelaire |
Carlos Salgado | Garcon de café / Waiter |
Alexis Nitzer | Henri Bernard |
Sylvie Van den Elsen | Mme. Bernard / Mrs. Bernard |
Gilles Charmant | Groupe rock / Hugo / Rock Group |
Dominique Marcas | Brocanteuse / Shop Owner |
Samuel Fuller | Gassot |
Jean-Paul Wenzel | Francis |
Louis Malle | Gentleman |
Andre Penvern | Inspecteur de police / Police Inspector |
Maximilien Regiani | Médecin / Doctor |
Daniel Dublet | Serveur / Waiter |
Philippe Dormoy | Policier / Police Officer |
Louis Delamotte | Propriétaire / Restaurant Owner |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Francis Boespflug | Executive Producer |
Paula Oinonen | Executive Producer |
Klaus Heydemann | Executive Producer |
Aki Kaurismaki | Producer |