Matti Pellonpää
Rodolfo
Evelyne Didi
Mimi
André Wilms
Marcel
Kari Väänänen
Schaunard
Christine Murillo
Musette
Jean-Pierre Léaud
Blancheron
Carlos Salgado
Waiter
Alexis Nitzer
Henri BernardSylvie Van Den Elsen
Mrs. Bernard
Dominique Marcas
Shop Owner
Jean-Paul Wenzel
Francis
André Penvern
Police InspectorMaximilien Regiani
Doctor
Daniel Dublet
Waiter
Philippe Dormoy
Police OfficerLouis Delamotte
Restaurant Owner
Kenneth Colley
Street SweeperJoëlle Jacquet
Hostess of the CaféMichel Jacquet
Host of the CaféHelene Brousse
WaitressSanna Fransman
Woman DancingMonique Goury
NurseIrmeli Debarle
Gassot's SecretaryJacques Leobold
BooksellerJean-Bernard Mateu
Police Officer
Jean-Luc Abel
Police OfficerChristian Ehrhart
Rock GroupJacques Ehrhart
Rock GroupAlain Sakhnowsky
Bulgarian FamilyTeresa Saraiva
Bulgarian FamilyAndrée Saldo
Bulgarian FamilyKarine Arsene
Bulgarian FamilyKonsta Väänänen
Bulgarian Family
Released
fr
- #friendship
- #homeless person
- #paris, france
- #composer
- #painter
- #playwright
- #bohemian
- #eviction
- #struggling artist
- #penniless
- #struggling playwright
- #bohemians
Reviews
Aki Kaurismaki’s <i>La Vie de Bohème</i> is the Finnish auteur's loose adaptation of Henri Murger's classic 19th-century collection of short stories, set in contemporary Paris with an eclectic cast of French and Finnish actors, all speaking French. As the film opens, the penniless aspiring writer Marcel (André Wilms) is being evicted from his apartment. Though a series of amusing events, he falls