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La Vie de bohme (1992 film)
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Wikipedia article
'La Vie de bohme' (or 'The Bohemian Life'; ) is a 1992 film directed by Aki Kaurismki and starring Matti Pellonp, velyne Didi and Andr Wilms. Kaurismki's screenplay for the film was loosely based on Henri Murger's influential 1851 novel 'Scnes de la vie de bohme' which has spawned several on-screen adaptations as well as plays and operas, the most notable being Giacomo Puccini's 1896 'La bohme'.
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 Pellonp and Andr Wilms were awarded the Best European Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively while velyne Didi was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress and the film was nominated for the Best Film Award. Kaurismki won the Best Director award at the 1993 Jussi Awards.[http://www.orimattila.fi/kirjasto/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=240&Itemid=100 Awards given to Aki Kaurismki], Orimattila Town Library, March 6, 2008. Accessed February 24, 2009. 'Le Havre' (2011) is a follow-up movie to 'La Vie de bohme' having many of the same actors 19 years older.
Plot
Marcel is a Parisian poet and playwright who is evicted from his room after he is unable to pay the rent. While roaming the streets, he meets Rodolfo, a painter from Albania who is equally poor and is in the country illegally. They discover they share the same love for art without regard for worldly well-being. They make another friend in Schaunard, an Irish composer who is renting Marcel's former room. The three help each other survive by sharing the little money they obtain in order to maintain a standard of living.
Rodolfo meets Mimi, a poor French girl with whom he falls madly in love. However, he is deported back to Albania. He is unable to return to Paris for six months and, by then, Mimi has found another boyfriend. Rodolfo, Marcel and Schaunard scrape together their food and share a meal to celebrate the feast of All Saints. Mimi shows up and informs Rodolfo that she has left her boyfriend to be with him again, but she is ill and dies the next spring.
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