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Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

Name: Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
Director: Jaromil Jireš
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Drama
Released: 1970
Rating: 7
Cast: Jaroslava Schallerová, Helena Anýžová, Petr Kopřiva, Jiří Prýmek, Jan Klusák

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.

1970 · Directed by Jaromil Jireš · 73 min · Fantasy · Adventure · Drama · 25 frames

Tagline

A journey into womanhood...

Crew

Screenplay: Jaromil Jireš, Ester Krumbachová
Cinematography: Jan Čuřík
Edited by: Josef Valušiak
Music: Luboš Fišer
Production design: Jan Oliva

Cast

Jaroslava Schallerová as Valerie
Helena Anýžová as Grandmother / Elsa / Mother / Redhead
Petr Kopřiva as Orlík
Jiří Prýmek as Tchoř-Constable
Jan Klusák as Gracián
Libuše Komancová as Handmaid in Training
Karel Engel as Coachman Ondřej
Alena Stojáková as Hedvika
Otto Hradecký as Landlord
Martin Wielgus as Tchoř-Father

Production

Country: Czechoslovakia
Language: Czech
Studios: Filmové studio Barrandov
Themes: puberty, corruption, based on novel or book, magic, vampire, sexuality, allegory, innocence, supernatural, priest

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