a gothic depiction of the transition from childlike innocence to being adult and the always growing problems woman have to face.
generally its very gothic and very quiet but it does reserve empathy for the woman the story, its shot which high and low angles and the performances are top notch.
really short which sucks but it does well with the time it has.(watch my feature film kodak: https://boxd.it/dNvKo1 )
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
A journey into womanhood...
Rating
3.5 (1)
Release Date
10/16/1970Runtime
73 minsOverview
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.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
CzechBudget
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A hallucinatory passage through adolescence where the boundary between enchantment and violation dissolves into allegory. Beguiling and deeply strange, it captures the disorientation of awakening to desire and danger simultaneously.
Mood
WistfulUnsettlingContemplative
Themes
Coming of ageCorruptionIdentity
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
PainterlyStylized genreHandheld
Structure
Nonlinear
Heads up
Sexual contentChild endangerment
Jaroslava Schallerová
Valerie
Helena Anýžová
Grandmother / Elsa / Mother / Redhead
Petr Kopřiva
Orlík
Jiří Prýmek
Tchoř-Constable
Jan Klusák
Gracián
Libuše Komancová
Handmaid in Training
Karel Engel
Coachman Ondřej
Alena Stojáková
Hedvika
Otto Hradecký
Landlord
Martin Wielgus
Tchoř-Father
Jiřina Machalická
Flower Girl
Michaela Klocová
Handmaid
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