Checkerboard

Directed by Claude Bernard-Aubert

1959 2h 5mDrama

5.26.0

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Southern sleaze meets art in bizarre French film, mixing sex and racism, scored with sultry jazz, and served with a healthy dose of cynical humor. The small town of Cicada is a "lost paradise" of poverty and racial tension. Things turn nasty when lily-white Army veteran Bob asks lovely black-skinned Bessie to the Saturday night dance.

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Cast of Checkerboard

Jacques RichardBob Stanley
Toto BissaintheBessie Vance
Douta SeckVance
Grégoire AslanStanley père
Roger BlinSlim, le guide
Milly VitaleDaura
Anne CarrèreLa touriste
Nico PepeLe policier
Lucien RaimbourgLe juge
Claude Bernard-AubertDirector / Writer
Claude AccursiWriter
Jean-Paul Coutan-LaboureurArt Direction
Jean IsnardDirector Of Photography
Catherine GiboyauCostume Design
Gabriel RongierEditor
André HodeirOriginal Music Composer

Checkerboard Trivia

Checkerboard was released on May 6, 1959.

Checkerboard was directed by Claude Bernard-Aubert.

Checkerboard has a runtime of 2 hr 5 min.

Checkerboard was produced by Claude Accursi, Claude Bernard-Aubert, Adolphe Osso.

The key characters in Checkerboard are Bob Stanley (Jacques Richard), Bessie Vance (Toto Bissainthe), Vance (Douta Seck).

Checkerboard is a Drama film.

Checkerboard has an audience rating of 5.2 out of 10.

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