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2h 5m
Drama
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.

Cast

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

Crew

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

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