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125 mins | Drama | May 6, 1959

In a small Gallic village, tourists are regaled by street entertainers and brash prostitutes. One of the tourists, a black girl named Bessie, falls in love with local villager Bob, and he with her. Soon racial tensions erupt volcanically among tourists and townsfolk alike. All is forgiven when the respective parents of the hero and heroine save the village's water supply.

Checkerboard

125 mins | Drama | May 6, 1959

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In a small Gallic village, tourists are regaled by street entertainers and brash prostitutes. One of the tourists, a black girl named Bessie, falls in love with local villager Bob, and he with her. Soon racial tensions erupt volcanically among tourists and townsfolk alike. All is forgiven when the respective parents of the hero and heroine save the village's water supply.
Producers Les Films Fernand Rivers, Globe Films International, Zodiaque Productions, Lodice-Zodiaque-Globe
Original title Les tripes au soleil
Directors Claude Bernard-Aubert
Writers Claude Accursi, Claude Bernard-Aubert

Cast

Jacques Richard

as Bob Stanley

Toto Bissainthe

as Bessie Vance

Douta Seck

as Vance

Grégoire Aslan

as Stanley père

Roger Blin

as Slim, le guide

Milly Vitale

as Daura

Anne Carrère

as La touriste

Nico Pepe

as Le policier

Lucien Raimbourg

as Le juge