Name: Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
Genre: Action-Adventure, Avant-garde / Experimental, Comedy Drama, Drama, Fantasy
Released: 1970
Duration: 1 h 17 min

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)

Directed by Jaromil Jireš

Genres - Action-Adventure, Avant-garde / Experimental, Comedy Drama, Drama, Fantasy | Sub-Genres - Avant-Garde and Experimental, Coming-Of-Age Fiction, LGBT-Related Film, Vampire Film | Release Date - Sep 3, 1970 | Run Time - 77 min. | MPAA Rating - NR

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Valerie and Her Week of Wonders is a 1970 Czechoslovak Gothic surrealist coming-of-age psychological dark fantasy horror film co-written and directed by Jaromil Jireš, based on the 1935 novel of the same name by Vítězslav Nezval. It is considered part 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.

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Official Site

https://www.criterion.com/films/27860-valerie-and-her-week-of-wonders

Themes

Coming of Age/Teen | Cult | Mind-Bending/Experimental | Supernatural/Monsters

Attributes

Based On: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Narrative Location: Czech Republic
Subject: adolescent sexuality, femininity, gender relations, human ageing, human female sexuality, hypocrisy, sexual morality, virginity, youth