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Directed by: Aki Kaurismäki
Featuring: Matti Pellonpää, Evelyne Didi, André Wilms, Karl Väänänen, Christine Murillo, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Louis Malle
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 Karl 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.
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Technical Specifications
Format:
Blu-ray
DVD
Discs:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
DVD-9 (1 Disc)
Total: 2 Discs
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
1 (DVD)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85:1
Audio Options:
French Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
French PCM Mono 1.0
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Documentary, Interview, Booklet
- Where Is Musette?, an hour-long documentary on the making of the film
- New interview with actor André Wilms
- A booklet featuring an essay by critic Lucy Sante
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