The Virgin of Pessac

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.

Director: Jean Eustache

Cast: Jean-Claude Dalbos, Agnès Solera, Christiane Vernet

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.