Based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger, and the Giacomo Puccini opera. The young, tubercular seamstress, Mimi, falls in love with the impoverished playwright, Rodolfo, but poverty takes its toll on their relationship. When Mimi meets a wealthy suitor, Viscount Paul, to ask him for financial help, Rodolfo dumps her.

Mimí, una joven costurera tuberculosa, se enamora del pobre dramaturgo Rodolfo, pero la pobreza termina afectando a su relación. Cuando Mimí queda con un acaudalado pretendiente, el vizconde Paul, para pedirle dinero, Rodolfo la abandona.