The Virgin of Pessac (1968)

6.8/10 • 63 min • Documentary

Overview

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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