Checkerboard (1959)

  • NR
  • 05/06/1959 (FR)
  • Drama
  • 2h 5m

A TOUR OF VIOLENCE... IN BLACK & WHITE!

Overview

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.

Claude Bernard-Aubert

Director, Writer

Claude Accursi

Writer

Cast

Jacques Richard's headshot

Jacques Richard

Bob Stanley
Toto Bissainthe's headshot

Toto Bissainthe

Bessie Vance
Douta Seck's headshot

Douta Seck

Vance
Grégoire Aslan's headshot

Grégoire Aslan

Stanley père
Roger Blin's headshot

Roger Blin

Slim, le guide
Milly Vitale's headshot

Milly Vitale

Daura
Anne Carrère's headshot

Anne Carrère

La touriste
Nico Pepe's headshot

Nico Pepe

Le policier

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