Boris Vian

Boris Vian

Boris Vian (10 March 1920 – 23 June 1959) was a French polymath: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer. He is best remembered today for his novels. Those published under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan were bizarre parodies of criminal fiction, highly controversial at the time of their release. Vian's other fiction, published under his real name, featured a highly individual writing style with numerous made-up words, subtle wordplay and surrealistic plots. L'Écume des jours (Froth on the Daydream) is the best known of these works, and one of the few translated into English. Vian was also an important influence on the French jazz scene. He served as liaison for Hoagy Carmichael, Duke Ellington and Miles Davis in Paris, wrote for several French jazz-reviews (Le Jazz Hot, Paris Jazz) and published numerous articles dealing with jazz both in the United States and in France. His own music and songs enjoyed popularity during his lifetime, particularly the anti-war song "Le Déserteur" (The Deserter). 

  • Title: Boris Vian
  • Popularity: 0.552
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1920-03-10
  • Place of Birth: Ville-d'Avray, Hauts-de-Seine, France
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Boris Vian Movies

  • 1959
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    Dangerous Love Affairs

    Dangerous Love Affairs

    6.4 1959 HD

    Juliette Merteuil and Valmont is a sophisticated couple, always looking for fun and excitement. Both have sexual affairs with others and share their...

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  • 2009
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    Boris Vian, la vie jazz

    Boris Vian, la vie jazz

    1 2009 HD

    Boris Vian. A novelist? A songwriter? A playwright? A poet? A trumpet player? A music publishing company producer? A singer? A visual artist? An...

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  • 1952
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    La chasse à l'homme

    La chasse à l'homme

    1 1952 HD

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  • 1957
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    A Girl in a Pocket

    A Girl in a Pocket

    4.3 1957 HD

    A professor experimenting in suspended animation accidentally shrinks his dog and later, his female lab assistant, when she drinks the liquid by...

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  • 2011
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    Le cinéma de Boris Vian

    Le cinéma de Boris Vian

    1 2011 HD

    On June 23, 1959, Boris Vian died of a heart attack while watching the film "I Spit Οn Your Graves", a frivolous adaptation of his novel of...

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  • 1947
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    An amateur Film

    An amateur Film

    1 1947 HD

    French horror comedy short from 1947.

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  • 2022
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    Rage, Sex, and Jazz: I Spit on Your Graves by Vernon Sullivan

    Rage, Sex, and Jazz: I Spit on Your Graves by Vernon Sullivan

    6 2022 HD

    In 1946, the controversial French writer Boris Vian writes his novel I Spit on Your Graves under the pseudonym of Vernon Sullivan, supposedly a...

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  • 2015
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    Hôtel La Louisiane

    Hôtel La Louisiane

    1 2015 HD

    Hôtel La Louisiane is, at its core, a film about freedom and dignity. Freedom for those who wish to live in a place where they are able to feel...

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  • 1956
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    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    6.6 1956 HD

    Paris, 1482. Today is the festival of the fools, taking place like each year in the square outside Cathedral Notre Dame. Among jugglers and other...

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  • 1960
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    Le Bel Âge

    Le Bel Âge

    5.3 1960 HD

    Steph, Jean-Claude and Jacques work in a Parisian art shop, but they mainly work in the field of eroticism, which they conceive as a wide-ranging...

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  • 1958
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    La Joconde, histoire d'une obsession

    La Joconde, histoire d'une obsession

    1 1958 HD

    This is the story of an obsession. Mona Lisa keeps smiling quizzically while our poor hero is pursued by her representation in all its forms, in all...

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  • 2016
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    Vadim Mister Cool

    Vadim Mister Cool

    6.2 2016 HD

    As a poster boy for hedonism, his whole life was one big party. A journalist, filmmaker, director, producer, actor, novelist, ladies' man and...

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  • 2020
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    Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort

    Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort

    1 2020 HD

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  • 1954
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    Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances

    Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances

    1 1954 HD

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  • 2013
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    Mood Indigo

    Mood Indigo

    6.154 2013 HD

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  • 1957
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    Chères vieilles choses

    Chères vieilles choses

    1 1957 HD

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  • 1968
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    Spray of the Days

    Spray of the Days

    4.7 1968 HD

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  • 1954
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    Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances

    Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances

    1 1954 HD

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  • 1959
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    I Spit on Your Grave

    I Spit on Your Grave

    5.2 1959 HD

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  • 1959
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    I Spit on Your Grave

    I Spit on Your Grave

    5.2 1959 HD

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  • 2015
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    Conte de fées à l'usage des moyennes personnes

    Conte de fées à l'usage des moyennes personnes

    1 2015 HD

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  • 2024
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    Flowers

    Flowers

    1 2024 HD

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  • 2015
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    Our Faust

    Our Faust

    4 2015 HD

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  • 2015
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    The Cowboy of Normandy

    The Cowboy of Normandy

    5 2015 HD

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  • 2009
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    Bulles de Vian

    Bulles de Vian

    5 2009 HD

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  • 1989
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    The Mortal Fortune

    The Mortal Fortune

    6 1989 HD

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  • 1985
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    L'Herbe rouge

    L'Herbe rouge

    1 1985 HD

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  • 2015
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    Ladies Of The Night’s Street

    Ladies Of The Night’s Street

    1 2015 HD

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  • 2015
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    Mind Your Own Business

    Mind Your Own Business

    1 2015 HD

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  • 2014
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    The Hitchhiker

    The Hitchhiker

    6 2014 HD

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  • 2020
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    El Amor es Ciego

    El Amor es Ciego

    6 2020 HD

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  • 2001
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    Chloe

    Chloe

    6 2001 HD

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  • 1950
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    Disorder

    Disorder

    5 1950 HD

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  • 1956
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    En direct de...

    En direct de...

    1 1956 HD

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