La vie de bohème [Blu-ray] [Criterion Collection]

This is a well-regarded contemporary dramatic retelling of the story most familiar to audiences from Puccini's great opera La Boh?me and was made by the noted Finnish film director Aki Kaurismaki. Like the opera, it is based on the novel Sc?nes de la vie de boh?me by Henri Murger. Despite their ever-present poverty, which poses a constant threat to their continued existence, the artists and their friends in this movie speak in only the most polite, elegant, and genteel manner, which only se...