La Rosiere de Pessac
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La Rosière de Pessac is the title of two hour-long films directed by Jean Eustache
(in 1968 and 1979 respectively). The films cover an annual ceremony, held in Eustache's place of birth, in which the Major and his associates nominate a girl as the town's most virtuous. Therefore, the girls chosen in the two stated years are eponymous subjects of these documentaries, presented with the director's trademark hands-off style.
Jean Eustache
Jean Eustache was a French filmmaker. During his short career, he completed numerous shorts, in addition to a pair of highly regarded features, of which the first, The Mother and the Whore, is considered a key work of post-Nouvelle Vague French cinema.In his obituary for Eustache, the influential...
(in 1968 and 1979 respectively). The films cover an annual ceremony, held in Eustache's place of birth, in which the Major and his associates nominate a girl as the town's most virtuous. Therefore, the girls chosen in the two stated years are eponymous subjects of these documentaries, presented with the director's trademark hands-off style.