The Bohemian Life (1992)

Original title

La Vie de Bohème

Directed by

Aki Kaurismäki

Genre

drama film, comedy film, melodrama

Country

Germany, France, Italy, Sweden

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 150 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three struggling artists in Paris become close friends while dealing with poverty and bad luck. They help each other find food, shelter, and love in a series of small misadventures.

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What happens

La Vie de bohème (or The Bohemian Life; Finnish: Boheemielämää) is a 1992 tragicomedy film directed by Aki Kaurismäki and starring Matti Pellonpää, Évelyne Didi and André Wilms. Kaurismäki's screenplay for the film was loosely based on Henri Murger's influential 1851 novel Scènes de la vie de bohème which has spawned several on-screen adaptations as well as plays and operas, the most notable being Giacomo Puccini's 1896 La bohème. The film was a critical success earning several awards. FIPRESCI awarded the film the Forum of New Cinema award at the 1992 Berlin International Film Festival. At the 1992 European Film Awards, Matti Pellonpää and André Wilms were awarded the Best European Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively while Évelyne Didi was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress and the film was nominated for the Best Film Award. Kaurismäki won the Best Director award at the 1993 Jussi Awards. Le Havre (2011) is a follow-up movie to La Vie de bohème having many of the same actors 19 years older. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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