The Virgin of Pessac

Original title: La Rosière de Pessac

Duration: 63 min

Release date: 1968-12-28

IMDB

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.

Documentary

La Rosière de Pessac

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Criterion Channel

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Jean-Claude Dalbos

Jean-Claude Dalbos

as Self - Docteur et maire de Pessac

as Self - Candidate à la Rosière

Christiane Vernet

Christiane Vernet

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Jean-Yves Coïc

Philippe Théaudière

Philippe Théaudière

Director of Photography

Françoise Lebrun

Françoise Lebrun

Françoise Lebrun

Françoise Lebrun

Assistant Director

Jean-Pierre Ruh

Jean-Pierre Ruh

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