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.
Cast
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 Bernard
Sylvie Van Den Elsen
Mrs. Bernard
Gilles Charmant
Hugo / Rock Group
Dominique Marcas
Shop Owner
Samuel Fuller
Gassot
Jean-Paul Wenzel
Francis
Louis Malle
Gentleman
André Penvern
Police Inspector
Maximilien Regiani
Doctor
Daniel Dublet
Waiter
Philippe Dormoy
Police Officer
Louis Delamotte
Restaurant Owner
Kenneth Colley
Street Sweeper
Joëlle Jacquet
Hostess of the Café
Michel Jacquet
Host of the Café
Antonio Olivares
Dandy
Helene Brousse
Waitress
Sanna Fransman
Woman Dancing
Monique Goury
Nurse
Jacques Cheuiche
Seller
Simon Murray
Bouncer
Mark Lavis
Taxi Driver
Irmeli Debarle
Gassot's Secretary
Jacques Leobold
Bookseller
Jean-Bernard Mateu
Police Officer
Jean-Luc Abel
Police Officer
Christian Ehrhart
Rock Group
Jacques Ehrhart
Rock Group
Gilles Sacuto
Rock Group
Pierre-Yves Parrinet
Rock Group
Veikko Nieminen
Rock Group
Alain Sakhnowsky
Bulgarian Family
Teresa Saraiva
Bulgarian Family
Andrée Saldo
Bulgarian Family
Karine Arsene
Bulgarian Family
Konsta Väänänen
Bulgarian Family
Crew
Mark Lavis
Assistant Set Designer
Brigitte Perreau
Assistant Set Designer
Aki Kaurismäki
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Henri Murger
Novel
Veikko Aaltonen
Editor
Timo Salminen
Director of Photography
Pauli Pentti
First Assistant Director
Gilles Charmant
Second Assistant Director
Nathalie Herr
Second Assistant Director
Klaus Heydemann
Executive Producer
Paula Oinonen
Executive Producer
Francis Boespflug
Executive Producer
Irmeli Debarle
Producer's Assistant
John Ebden
Production Design
Jacques Cheuiche
First Assistant Camera
Muriel Coulin
Second Assistant Camera
Erkki Astala
Post Production Coordinator
Jaakko Talaskivi
Post Production Coordinator
Delphine Bonnemason
Casting
Simon Murray
Costume Design
Tom Forsström
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Timo Linnasalo
Sound
Jouko Lumme
Sound
Mel Kutbay
Foley Artist
Sinikka Usvamaa
Production Accountant
Guillaume Lemoine
Set Decoration
Moune Jamet
Still Photographer
Haije Alanoja
Script Supervisor, Production Secretary
Peter A. Hoffman
Electrician
Olli Varja
Electrician
Pierre-Yves Parrinet
Location Manager
Heikki Ukkonen
Property Master
Wolfgang Kluge
Grip
Gilles Sacuto
Production Manager
Raili Salmi
Production Manager
Jean-Claude Ambah
Catering
Erkki Lahti
Catering
Kari Pulkkinen
Catering
Christine Vitel
Production Secretary
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