Richard Bohringer is one of France's most charismatic actors, whose career
peaked in the 1980s. Fully embracing the image, even the cliché, of the
"loudmouth" rebel, this free-spirited artist and traveler, a lover of jazz and
the African continent, has led an interesting career as a writer alongside his
film work. His bestseller C'est beau une ville la nuit, written in 1988, has
given rise to various adaptations by Bohringer himself, including a homonymous
album of jazz and blues songs, released in 2002.