Boris Vian: The Jazz Life (2009)
Overview
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.
Cast
Boris Vian
Self (archive footage)
Vincent de Boüard
Boris Vian (voice)
Lauriane Escaffre
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