The Virgin of Pessac

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

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  Jean-Claude Dalbos

  Self - Docteur et maire de Pessac

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  Agnès Solera

  Self - Candidate à la Rosière

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  Christiane Vernet

  Self