La Vie de Bohème (film)

• Matti Pellonpää: Rodolfo
• Evelyne Didi: Mimi
• André Wilms: Marcel
• Kari Väänänen: Schaunard
• Christine Murillo: Musette
• Jean -Pierre Léaud: Blancheron
• Laika: Baudelaire
• Carlos Salgado: Bartender
• Alexis Nitzer: Henri Bernard
• Sylvie Van den Elsen: Mme Bernard
• Dominique Marcas: Woman in junk shop
• Jean -Paul Wenzel: Francis
• Louis Malle: Gentleman
• André Penvern: inspector
• Maximilien Regiani: doctor

Life of Bohème ( French La Vie de Bohème ) is a feature film by the Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki in 1992 The screenplay of the French tragicomedy wrote Kaurismäki by Henri Murger episodes novel Scènes de la vie de bohème ( German title: .. Boheme scenes from the Parisian life ) of 1851. the premiere of the black and white film on February 18, 1992, in the Berlinale program.

Action

The not very successful writer Marcel is thrown to make matters worse, because of rent arrears from his rather meager apartment. During this time he learned the Albanian painter Rodolfo, whose pictures are not in demand particularly, and shortly after the composer Schaunard, the new tenant of his old live know. The three artists are friends and beat up more bad than good by Parisian life. However, should some money be available, it will be squandered together at the lowest level. But there seem to better times. Rodolfo falls in love with Mimi, also not a fortunate woman from the country, whose only friend is landed in Paris in jail. Marcel lands a job with a newspaper editor and Schaunard will be advertising sales. As Rodolfo can sell a picture, he wants to celebrate at a dinner with Mimi. A pickpocket steals in the metro unnoticed all his money. When he can not pay the bill at the restaurant, notes that summoned police that he is illegally in France and he is deported to Albania. What remains a sad Mimi and Baudelaire, his dog.

Three months later, in May he succeeds in the trunk of a Trabant to return to France. Baudelaire is very excited about this, but Mimi has a new, Ferrari - driving friend. Although it returns back to him, but when the pecuniary circumstances of the three friends get worse again - Marcel is his editorship of going on and the Parisian gallery owners have no interest in Rodolfo's pictures - they leave their flat.

On All Saints, as the three sit together at the dinner, Mimi resurfaces. She never ceased to love Rodolfo, but Mimi is terminally ill and has, at best, to live until spring. The three friends give anything to pay for the hospital costs and make it as bearable as possible Mimi her remaining time.

Criticism

The mirror ruled on 16 March 1992: " Until this attached melodrama Kaurismäki are bohemian stories a pure pleasure. And well that he is once again failed short of it, to turn his final flawless masterpiece: So he can still try again soon ".

The lexicon of the International film writes about the movie " A laconically told, superbly photographed and Steeped in melancholy meditation on companionship and the power of love in the struggle for survival against alienation and cold. "

Awards

Aki Kaurismäki has been recognized for The Life of Bohème at the Berlinale in 1992 with the FIPRESCI Prize and a year later with the Jussi for Best Director. The actor Matti Pellonpää and André Wilms received the European Film Award in 1992 for Best Supporting Actor - or.

Background

The incidence Murger to film the novel, had Aki Kaurismäki since 1976, after he had read the book. An additional motive was revenge on Puccini, the composer of the opera La Bohème, which is held by the general public for the father of this great story.

The directors Samuel Fuller and Louis Malle have minor roles in the film. Aki Kaurismäki itself has a momentous for the action cameo: He plays the pickpocket in the metro.

2011 André Wilms played again the role of Marcel in the film Le Havre.