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IMDb link: 0052105
IMDb rating: 5.2 (64 votes)
Genres: Drama
Director: Claude Bernard-Aubert, Jacques Richard
Cast: Gregoire Aslan, Douta Seck, Roger Blin and others

Release date: 1 Feb 1969
Release year: 1969
Runtime: 105 minutes
Country: France, Italy
Keywords: hixploitation, racial violence, dying town, dance, poverty, saturday night, small town, racial tension, desert town, saturday

Plot:

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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