FRANCE · 1968
The Virgin of Pessac
small town society
female virtue and morality
social rituals and contests
hypocrisy and pretension
coming of age
Synopsis
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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