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Checkerboard (1959)

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

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 2H 5M

Director : Claude Bernard-Aubert

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Jacques Richard
Jacques Richard
Bob Stanley
Toto Bissainthe
Toto Bissainthe
Bessie Vance
Douta Seck
Douta Seck
Vance
Grégoire Aslan
Grégoire Aslan
Stanley père
Roger Blin
Roger Blin
Slim, le guide
Milly Vitale
Milly Vitale
Daura
Anne Carrère
Anne Carrère
La touriste
Nico Pepe
Nico Pepe
Le policier
Lucien Raimbourg
Lucien Raimbourg
Le juge

Crews

Claude Bernard-Aubert
Claude Bernard-Aubert
Director
Claude Accursi
Claude Accursi
Writer
Claude Bernard-Aubert
Claude Bernard-Aubert
Writer
Claude Accursi
Claude Accursi
Dialogue
André Hodeir
André Hodeir
Original Music Composer
Jean Isnard
Jean Isnard
Director of Photography
Gabriel Rongier
Gabriel Rongier
Editor
Jean-Paul Coutan-Laboureur
Jean-Paul Coutan-Laboureur
Production Design
Jean-Paul Coutan-Laboureur
Jean-Paul Coutan-Laboureur
Art Direction
Catherine Giboyau
Catherine Giboyau
Costume Design

Posters and backgrounds

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