La vie de bohme (Blu-ray)

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 Kaurismki. Based on stories from Henri Murgers influential mid-nineteenth-century book Scnes de la vie de bohme (the basis for the opera La bohme), the film features a marvelous trio of Kaurismki regularsAndr Wilms, Matti Pellonp, and Kari Vnnenas a writer, painter, and composer who scrape by together, sharing in lifes daily absurdities. Gorgeously shot in black and white, La vie de bohme is a vibrantly scrappy rendition of a beloved tale.DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES Restored high-definition digital film transfer, supervised by director Aki Kaurismki, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Where Is Musette?, an hour-long documentary on the making of the film New interview with actor Andr Wilms PLUS: An essay by critic Lucy Sante