The Virgin of Pessac

1h 3m
Documentary
6.6

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

Crew

Jean Eustache
Director, Writer, Editor
Françoise Lebrun
Writer, Assistant Director
Philippe Théaudière
Director of Photography
Daniel Cardot
Cinematography
Jean-Yves Coïc
Cinematography
Jean-Pierre Ruh
Sound
Alain Sempé
Sound

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