The Virgin of Pessac

Name: The Virgin of Pessac
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1968
Duration: 63 min
Rating: 6.85

1968 · 63 min

Documentary

★ 6.8

Criterion

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.

Crew

Director Jean Eustache
Writer Jean Eustache
Writer Françoise Lebrun
Director of Photography Philippe Théaudière

Cast

J
Jean-Claude Dalbos
Self - Docteur et maire de Pessac
A
Agnès Solera
Self - Candidate à la Rosière
C
Christiane Vernet
Self

Crew

Director — Jean Eustache
Writer — Jean Eustache
Writer — Françoise Lebrun
Director of Photography — Philippe Théaudière

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