Checkerboard

6.0
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 125 min
  • Premiere: 1959. May 6.

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.

Discover

Jacques Richard

Bob Stanley

Toto Bissainthe

Bessie Vance

Grégoire Aslan

Stanley père

Roger Blin

Slim, le guide

Anne Carrère

La touriste

Nico Pepe

Le policier

Art

Jean-Paul Coutan-Laboureur

Production Design

Camera

Jean Isnard

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Catherine Giboyau

Costume Design

Directing

Editing

Sound

André Hodeir

Original Music Composer

Art

Jean-Paul Coutan-Laboureur

Production Design

Camera

Jean Isnard

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Catherine Giboyau

Costume Design

Directing

Editing

Sound

André Hodeir

Original Music Composer