La Vie de Bohème (1916)

Mimi an orphan is taken in by a drunken innkeeper and becomes a domestic She meets Rudolphe scion of a welltodo family who rescues her from the unwanted advances of a drunken hotel guest They fall madly in love but Rudolphes uncle M Durandin wants Rudolphe to marry a family friend Madame de Rouvre and writes Mimi a letter telling her that she is ruining Rudolphes life Musette and Marcel friends of Mimi also try to break up the romance by introducing Mimi to other men and Rudolphe becomes jealous and leaves her Brokenhearted Mimi declines in health and eventually throws herself into the river but is rescued and taken to the hospital Realizing it is only a matter of time before she dies she drags herself back to the room where she and Rudolphe were happiest Rudolphe is there and she dies knowing that he loves her