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General Minor 
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TITLE |
Bohemian Life (1926) |
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DISABILITY |
General
Tuberculosis |
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Love among
the poor c. Paris, 1830s. Begging, starving |
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artists
struggle for their art. Mimi, in love, does embroidery to |
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allow
Rodolphe to write his play. Marcel is a painter, |
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Schaunard is
a musician and Colline is a philosopher. |
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In the way
of tragedy Rodolphe unjustly accuses Mimi of being |
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unfaithful.
She has a coughing fit and is diagnosed with |
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tuberculosis. Rodolphe goes for help but when he returns |
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she is gone
leaving a note telling him she will return when his |
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Of course
the play is feted but Mimi who has been working in |
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a factory
has collapsed and is dying. Rodolphe not joining in |
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the first
night celebrations pines for Mimi calling out her name. |
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Miraculously
he's heard by Mimi. She rises from her sick |
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bed and
tries to reach him. These scenes which include her |
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being
dragged behind a wagon until she can no longer hold on |
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Of course
she gets to him in time to die in his arms. |
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Based on the
novel by Henry Murger (and not Puccini's |
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opera). In
the novel Mimi is shown as selfish, in the film as |
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Vie de
Boheme, La a.k.a.... La Boheme, The Bohemians, |
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Director:
Albert Capellani |
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Cast: Alice
Brady, Paul Capellani, June Elvidge, Leslie |
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Stowe,
Chester Barnett .
Vie de
boheme, La (1942) Director Marcel L'Herbier
Cast:
Louis Jourdan France
Boheme,
La (1988) Director: Luigi Comencini Cast: Barbara
Hendricks France / Italy In Italian
Vie de
boheme, La (1992)
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