三位落魄潦倒的藝術家於巴黎過著捉襟見肘的遊盪生活。經濟的困境引發了創作的焦慮，城市的冷漠更加深了異鄉人的孤獨，藝術與生命的真正目的是什麼？或許只有現實冷水澆不熄的熱心熱情，才是未來的解答。本片是郭利斯馬基在當郵差、還沒有成為芬蘭電影大師之前就希望拍攝故事，憂鬱荒謬卻還是飽含溫暖關懷的冷峻風格，以簡練的語調對白蘊藏情感。道盡了人生的無奈真諦。

The film features a marvelous trio of Kaurismäki regulars—André Wilms, Matti Pellonpää, and Karl Väänänen—as awriter, painter, and composer who scrape by together, sharingin life's daily absurdities. Gorgeously shot in black and white, La vie de bohème is a vibrantly scrappy rendition of a beloved tale.