Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
A journey into womanhood...
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.
- Director
- Jaromil Jireš
- Signature
- Drama · Wonder · Craft
Who's in it
Cast
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12 billed performers
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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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- Release date
- Oct 16, 1970
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- Czech
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
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