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Cast

Jean-Claude Dalbos

Jean-Claude Dalbos

Self - Docteur et maire de Pessac

Agnès Solera

Agnès Solera

Self - Candidate à la Rosière

Christiane Vernet

Christiane Vernet

Self

Crew

Jean Eustache

Jean Eustache

Writer

Daniel Cardot

Daniel Cardot

Cinematography

Jean-Yves Coïc

Jean-Yves Coïc

Cinematography

Jean Eustache

Jean Eustache

Editor

Jean Eustache

Jean Eustache

Director

Philippe Théaudière

Philippe Théaudière

Director of Photography

Françoise Lebrun

Françoise Lebrun

Writer

Jean-Pierre Ruh

Jean-Pierre Ruh

Sound

Alain Sempé

Alain Sempé

Sound

Françoise Lebrun

Françoise Lebrun

Assistant Director

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The Virgin of Pessac

19686.6 / 1063 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.