Drie straatarme artiesten zijn vrienden in het moderne Parijs. Rodolfo is een Albanese schilder zonder visum, Marcel schrijft toneelstukken en Schaunard is een moderne componist. Ondanks dat ze geen cent te makken hebben, weigeren ze hun kunst toegankelijker te maken voor een groter publiek. Rodolfo wordt verliefd op barmeid Mimi, maar dan wordt hij het land uitgezet. Zes maanden later is hij illegaal weer in Parijs, en Mimi verlaat haar nieuwe vriend om weer met Rodolfo te zijn. Er ontstaan conflicten, met name over het gebrek aan geld, en dat komt de relaties van de drie kunstenaars niet ten goede.
Nee, helaas is La Vie de Bohème nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | Aki Kaurismäki | Writer |
| Directing | Aki Kaurismäki | Director |
| Production | Klaus Heydemann | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Henri Murger | Novel |
| Sound | Tom Forsström | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Aki Kaurismäki | Producer |
| Editing | Veikko Aaltonen | Editor |
| Camera | Timo Salminen | Director of Photography |
| Production | Paula Oinonen | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Timo Linnasalo | Sound |
| Production | Francis Boespflug | Executive Producer |
| Art | John Ebden | Production Design |
| Sound | Mel Kutbay | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Jouko Lumme | Sound |
| Art | Guillaume Lemoine | Set Decoration |
| Production | Delphine Bonnemason | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Simon Murray | Costume Design |
| Production | Gilles Sacuto | Production Manager |
| Production | Raili Salmi | Production Manager |
| Directing | Gilles Charmant | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Nathalie Herr | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Pauli Pentti | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Mark Lavis | Assistant Set Designer |
| Art | Antoine Maron | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Brigitte Perreau | Assistant Set Designer |
| Art | Heikki Ukkonen | Property Master |
| Editing | Jochen Hinrichs-Stöldt | Colorist |
| Camera | Jacques Cheuiche | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Muriel Coulin | Second Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Peter A. Hoffman | Electrician |
| Camera | Moune Jamet | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Wolfgang Kluge | Grip |
| Lighting | Olli Varja | Electrician |
| Production | Erkki Astala | Post Production Coordinator |
| Editing | Robert Lang | Digital Colorist |
| Production | Jaakko Talaskivi | Post Production Coordinator |
| Production | Pierre-Yves Parrinet | Location Manager |
| Directing | Haije Alanoja | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Haije Alanoja | Production Secretary |
| Crew | Jean-Claude Ambah | Catering |
| Production | Irmeli Debarle | Producer's Assistant |
| Crew | Erkki Lahti | Catering |
| Crew | Marie-Christine Malbert | Unit Publicist |
| Art | Jan-Eric Nyström | Title Designer |
| Crew | Kari Pulkkinen | Catering |
| Production | Sinikka Usvamaa | Production Accountant |
| Production | Christine Vitel | Production Secretary |
