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Boris Vian
Writer 1920 - 1959

Boris Vian

Ville-d'Avray, Hauts-de-Seine, France

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... Read full bio →

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Les liaisons dangereuses

Les liaisons dangereuses

Roger Vadim 1959 1h 46m 7.0

Juliette Merteuil and Valmont is a sophisticated couple, always looking for fun and excitement. Both have sexual affairs with others and share their experiences with one another. But there is one rule: never fall in love. But this time Valmont falls madly in love with a girl he meets at a ski resort, Marianne.

Notre-Dame de Paris

Notre-Dame de Paris

Jean Delannoy 1956 1h 55m 6.0

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 entertainers, Esmeralda, a sensuous gypsy, performs a bewitching dance in front of delighted spectators. From up in a tower of the cathedral, Frollo, an alchemist, gazes at her lustfully.

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