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The Virgin of Pessac

1968· 1h 3m

Documentary

Directed by Jean Eustache

6.8/ 10

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Criterion Channel

Criterion Channel

Overview

This landmark documentary by Jean Eustache, filmed in 1968, hilariously exposes small-town pomposity and naiveté as it chronicles the preparations for an annual contest to crown a village’s most virtuous young woman.

Cast

Jean-Claude Dalbos

Self - Docteur et maire de Pessac

Agnès Solera

Self - Candidate à la Rosière

Christiane Vernet

Self

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