Boris Vian: The Jazz Life
—20091hDocumentary
Boris Vian was a man of many interests and talents. He played the trumpet, wrote criticism, essays, novels, poems and plays, did some painting and sculpting. Philippe Kohly chooses to recount Boris Vian’s life through his love for jazz, his quest for freedom, his taste for celebration.
Actors

Boris Vian
Self (archive footage)

Vincent de Boüard
Boris Vian (voice)

Lauriane Escaffre
La femme en vert
Christine Gagnieux
Narrator (voice)
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