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Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

1970 · 73 min

A hypnotic, dreamlike plunge into a girl's surreal coming-of-age, blending gothic horror and erotic fantasy with unsettling beauty.

Tagline
A journey into womanhood...
Overview
Valerie, a Czechoslovakian teenager living with her grandmother, is blossoming into womanhood, but that transformation proves secondary to the effects she experiences when she puts on a pair of magic earrings. Now seeing the world around her in a different light, Valerie must endure her sexual awakening while attempting to discern reality from fantasy as she encounters lecherous priest Gracian, a vampire-like stranger and otherworldly carnival folk.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • sexuality
  • corruption
  • family
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror5
Humour2
Realism2
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity8
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
fantasy, adventure, drama
Directed by
Jaromil Jireš
Written by
Jaromil Jireš, Ester Krumbachová
Starring
Jaroslava Schallerová, Helena Anýžová, Petr Kopřiva, Jiří Prýmek, Jan Klusák, Libuše Komancová, Karel Engel, Alena Stojáková
Music
Luboš Fišer
Cinematography
Jan Čuřík
Runtime
73 min
Country
Czechoslovakia
Languages
Czech

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