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Jaroslava Schallerová, Helena Anyzková, Petr Kopriva, Jiri Prymek, Jan Klusak ... see more see more... , Helena Anyzova , Josef Abrhám , Karel Engel

Valerie (Jaroslava Schallerová) is the young teenage girl who lives with her grandmother. She feels the first stirring of sexual awareness when a carnival parade comes to town. Eagle (Petr Kopriva) is... read more read more... the young man who presents her with a pair of magic earrings. Her fantasy adventures begin when she imagines she is the daughter of a bishop with a hideous visage. Her grandmother becomes a vampire. She pretends to be dead when a priest tries to rape her by swallowing one of the earrings. The line between dreams and reality is blurred in this surreal psychological fantasy. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 25 min.

Directed by: Jaromil Jires

Release Date: January 1, 1970

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DVD Release Date: January 13, 2004

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  • RCCLBC
    April 14, 2009
    RCCLBC
    While fascinating in the visual sense, the film as a whole was a bit too convoluted even for my tastes.

    While I'm perfectly capable of enjoying a film as simply a beautifully bizarre spectacle...this one was JUST whimsical enough that I longed for a bit more cohesion in the st... read moreory. A sort of "fractured fairy tale" if you will.

    Not for everyone, but for those who enjoy bizarre and visually intriguing films...it will be a treat.
  • vierasesine
    May 25, 2008
    vierasesine
    The last five or so minutes were brilliant. Otherwise this film was far too bizarre, even for me.
  • jimbotender
    April 8, 2009
    jimbotender
    There is no place like home Valerie.....
    The assassination of a blossoming violet.Also known as the savage youth and how to embrace your dreams evading hell.
  • jes25924
    November 14, 2008
    jes25924
    That special time in a girl's life when she has her first period and discovers her parents, priests, and seemingly all the adults in the town are actually vampires. After that things get pretty weird.

    Experimental Czech Fairly Tale from behind the Iron Curtain, that's absurdi... read morest, political, driven by dream logic, and downright dull at times, but also worth watching, if your in the right mood.
  • marshalle1026
    February 13, 2007
    marshalle1026
    Beautiful in every way. What's really great about this film, though, is that it inspired Angel Carter to turn her classic story "The Company of Wolves" into a film.

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Staci Layne Wilson
April 30, 2012
Staci Layne Wilson, Horror.com

A sensuous, often suspenseful fable saturated with shades of Sigmund Freud, Lewis Carroll and the Marquis de Sade, the horror comes in the form of actual, traditional fanged vampires who can shape-shi... Full Review

Anton Bitel
August 27, 2008
Anton Bitel, Film4

This confounding, carnivalesque coming-of-age fantasy is as beguiling as it is beautiful, as subversive as it is strange. Full Review

Leo Goldsmith
April 27, 2004
Leo Goldsmith, Not Coming to a Theater Near You

With its shifting moods and its fairy tale symbolism of youth and age, sexuality and death, Valerie and Her Week of Wonders is part opaque folk tale and part Gothic horror. Full Review

Howard Thompson
May 9, 2005
Howard Thompson, New York Times

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Jonathan Rosenbaum
May 22, 2004
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

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Time Out

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May 22, 2004
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