Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)

Original title

Valerie a týden divů

Directed by

Jaromil Jireš

Genre

fantasy film, horror film, art film, vampire film, LGBTQ-related film, gothic film

Country

Czechoslovakia

Runtime

1h 13m

Rated

+18

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 307 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl named Valerie experiences a series of strange and frightening events in her small village. She is pursued by a vampire-like priest and other mysterious figures, blurring the line between reality and a nightmare.

dreamlikeunsettlingsurrealeroticgothicatmosphericdisorientingdarkly poeticslow-burn

What happens

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (Czech: Valerie a týden divů) is a 1970 Czechoslovak Gothic coming-of-age surrealist dark fantasy horror film co-written and directed by Jaromil Jireš, based on the 1935 novel by Vítězslav Nezval. It is considered one of the last films of the Czechoslovak New Wave movement. The film portrays the heroine as living in a disorienting dream, cajoled by priests, vampires, and men and women alike. The film blends dark fantasy, eroticism and Gothic horror genres. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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