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The Virgin of Pessac

The Virgin of Pessac

1968•1h 3m•6.6/10
Documentary

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6.6/10(8)

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.

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Production

Moullet et Cie, Galba Films

Language

FR

Status

Released

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Cast

Jean-Claude Dalbos

Self - Docteur et maire de Pessac

Agnès Solera

Self - Candidate à la Rosière

Christiane Vernet

Self

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