Boris Vian

Writing

Boris Vian

Born March 10, 1920 · Ville-d'Avray, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Died June 29, 1959 · aged 39

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…

Known For

The Hunchback of Notre DameThe Hunchback of Notre Dame · 1956
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
6.71956
MovieDramaHorror
In 1482 Paris, Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, becomes infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protégé and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he's involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the Devil's work.
Spray of the DaysSpray of the Days · 1968
Spray of the Days
4.91968
MovieComedyDrama
Chick fell in love with Alise because of a shared passion for writer Jean-Sol Partre who gradually devoured their relationship. Soon after, Colin, the main character, also falls in love with a young girl, Chloe, but after their marriage she soon suffers from a strange illness: a water lily grows in her lungs.
Mood IndigoMood Indigo · 2013
Mood Indigo
6.12013
MovieDramaFantasy
A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.
DisorderDisorder · 1950
Disorder
5.71950
MovieDocumentary
Variations on the cultural and intellectual explosion in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district in 1946.
FlowersFlowers · 2024
Flowers
2024
MovieDocumentary
Filmmaker José Cardoso’s deeply personal Flowers is an exercise in sense-making, led by both his conscious and unconscious mind. Navigating the barrage of online news images produced each day, he transforms these into an unexpected web of connections that link an Amazonian community threatened with the destruction of their land to an extreme right-wing Brazilian President who justifies the exploitation of the Amazon by the rising price of resources precipitated by the war in Ukraine. Meanwhile, Buddhist monk Thích Nhất Hạnh teaches us to make our enemy the object of our compassion, and the filmmaker’s three-year-old son marvels at the frogs and flowers growing in the garden.
Dangerous Love AffairsDangerous Love Affairs · 1959
Dangerous Love Affairs
6.51959
MovieDramaRomance
Juliette de Merteuil and Vicomte de Valmont are a sophisticated couple, always looking for fun and excitement. Both have sexual affairs with others and share their experiences with one another. But when Valmont meets the beautiful young Marianne at a ski resort, he breaks the one rule of his unconventional marriage: never fall in love.
The Miracle of St. AnneThe Miracle of St. Anne · 1950
The Miracle of St. Anne
1950
MovieComedy
Series of rushes about cripples appearing in a Bible epic who are cured by a starlet playing Saint Anne.
I Spit on Your GraveI Spit on Your Grave · 1959
I Spit on Your Grave
5.31959
MovieThrillerDrama
Joe Grant, a light-skinned African American, heads to a small Southern town to investigate the lynching death of his brother. He draws the attention of a gorgeous heiress whom he learns may have been involved in the killing.

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