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Status

Released

Release Date

May 6, 1959

Runtime

2h 5m

Genres

Drama

User Score

60%

Original Title

Les tripes au soleil

Production Companies

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

Director

Claude Bernard-Aubert

Description

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.