Directed by:
Aki KaurismäkiScreenplay:
Aki KaurismäkiCinematography:
Timo SalminenCast:
Matti Pellonpää, Evelyne Didi, André Wilms, Kari Väänänen, Christine Murillo, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Carlos Salgado, Alexis Nitzer, Sylvie Van den Elsen (more)VOD (1)
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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 Kari 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. (Criterion)
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Matti Pellonpää
Finland
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
The Bohemian Life (1992)
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Evelyne Didi
Best movies:
The Bohemian Life (1992)
One Deadly Summer (1983)
Story of Women (1988)
André Wilms
France
Best movies:
Europa Europa (1990)
The Bohemian Life (1992)
Juha (1999)
Kari Väänänen
Finland
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
The Bohemian Life (1992)
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Christine Murillo
France
Best movies:
The Bohemian Life (1992)
The Umbrella Coup (1980)
Those Who Remain (2007)
Jean-Pierre Léaud
France
Best movies:
The 400 Blows (1959)
Day for Night (1973)
The Bohemian Life (1992)
Carlos Salgado
Best movies:
The Bohemian Life (1992)
Alexis Nitzer
Best movies:
The Bohemian Life (1992)
Queen Margot (1994)
The Sentinel (1992)
Sylvie Van den Elsen
Best movies:
The Bohemian Life (1992)
An Affair of Love (1999)
L'argent (1983)
Gilles Charmant
Best movies:
The Bohemian Life (1992)
Le Havre (2011)
Laika
Best movies:
The Bohemian Life (1992)
Dominique Marcas
France
Best movies:
The Bohemian Life (1992)
L'Appel du destin (1953)
The Exchange Student (1967)
Samuel Fuller
USA
Best movies:
The Bohemian Life (1992)
Underworld U.S.A. (1961)
The State of Things (1982)
Jean-Paul Wenzel
France
Best movies:
The Bohemian Life (1992)
Louis Malle
France
Best movies:
The Bohemian Life (1992)
Vie privée (1962)
The Thief of Paris (1967)
André Penvern
France
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Maximilian & Marie De Bourgogne (2017) (series)
Animal (1977)
Maximilien Regiani
Best movies:
The Bohemian Life (1992)
Germinal (1993)
L'Opération Corned Beef (1991)
Daniel Dublet
Best movies:
The Bohemian Life (1992)
Jacquot De Nantes (1991)
Code Unknown (2000)
Philippe Dormoy
Best movies:
The Bohemian Life (1992)
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Monsieur Hire (1989)
Louis Delamotte
Best movies:
The Bohemian Life (1992)