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A 2005 American musical drama directed by Chris Columbus, this film is an adaptation of Jonathan Larson's Broadway musical of the same name, which itself is based on Giacomo Puccini's opera "La Bohème." Set in late 1980s East Village, Manhattan, the story follows a group of young artists and musicians striving to survive and create amidst poverty, drug addiction, and the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The main characters include Mark Cohen (Anthony Rapp), an aspiring documentary filmmaker; Roger Davis (Adam Pascal), a musician battling HIV; Mimi Marquez (Rosario Dawson), a dancer and drug addict; Tom Collins (Jesse L. Martin), a philosophy professor; Angel Schunard (Wilson Jermaine Heredia), a drag queen and street percussionist; Maureen Johnson (Idina Menzel), a performance artist; and Joanne Jefferson (Tracie Thoms), a lawyer. The film delves into themes of love, friendship, loss, and the struggle for self-expression, emphasizing the importance of living in the moment.​