The Virgin of Pessac

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Culture Documentary with no narration published by Janus Films in 1968 - French language

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As political and social tumult rocked France in May and June of 1968, Jean Eustache used his first documentary to focus on persistent tradition, in the form of a centuries-old ceremony in his hometown of Pessac. Each year, Pessac’s civic leaders choose a young woman they consider an exemplar of moral virtue, with a daylong celebration commemorating the changing of the guard from the previous year’s “virgin” to the present one. Eustache observes the exacting selection process, the fostering of communal bonds, and a bold implication by Pessac’s presiding priest that the ritual upholds the same Christian values for which leftist students and workers were then currently fighting.

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Video Codec: x264 CABAC High@L4
Video Bitrate: 5385 Kbps
Video Resolution: 1480x1080
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.370:1
Frames Per Second: 23.976
Audio Codec: AAC LC
Audio Bitrate: 253 kb/s VBR 48000 Hz
Audio Streams: 2
Audio Languages: French
RunTime Per Part: 66 mins
Number Of Parts: 1
Part Size: 2.62 GB
Source: WEB
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