''La Rosière de Pessac'' (''The Virgin of Pessac'') is the title of two hour-long
films
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directed by
Jean Eustache (in 1968 and 1979 respectively). The films cover an annual
ceremony
A ceremony (, ) is a unified ritualistic event with a purpose, usually consisting of a number of artistic components, performed on a special occasion.
The word may be of Etruscan origin, via the Latin '' caerimonia''.
Church and civil (secular) ...
, held in Eustache's place of birth, in which the
mayor and his associates nominate a girl as the town's most virtuous. Thus, the girls chosen in those two years are
eponymous subjects of these
documentaries.
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1968 films
1979 films
1960s French-language films
French documentary films
Films directed by Jean Eustache
1960s French films
1970s French films
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