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05/06/1959

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2hrs 5min

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Drama

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

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Jacques Richard
  • Toto Bissainthe
  • Douta Seck
  • Grégoire Aslan
  • Roger Blin

    Director

  • Claude Bernard-Aubert

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Lodice-Zodiaque-Globe
  • Zodiaque Productions
  • Globe Films International
  • Les Films Fernand Rivers

    Production Countries

  • France
  • Italy

LANGUAGES

  • French