La Vie de Bohème

La Vie de Bohème

1992 · 103 min · FR · NR · 7.6 (102 votes)
Dir. Aki Kaurismäki · Starring Matti Pellonpää, Evelyne Didi, André Wilms, Kari Väänänen, Christine Murillo, Jean-Pierre Léaud
DramaComedyRomance

Three penniless artists become friends in modern-day Paris: Rodolfo, an Albanian painter with no visa, Marcel, a playwright and magazine editor with no publisher, and Schaunard, a post-modernist composer of execrable noise.

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A raw, yet often hilarious, look at the lives of struggling artists in Paris. It's a film that captures the spirit of bohemian life, the sting of poverty, and the enduring power of friendship amidst creative chaos.

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