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Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
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Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

1970 · 73 min Fantasy Adventure Drama
6.9 / 10 · TMDB

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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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

This is quietly operating cinema. No big events, no crisis turns — just people and how they live through what happens to them.

Strengths: atmosphere, actors, accuracy of detail. Weaknesses: the pace isn't for everyone, the ending may feel unresolved.

For people who watch films for feeling, not entertainment.

Director: Jaromil Jireš

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: An evening when your mind is at peace. With someone you can sit in silence with after. Wine or tea.

🎭 Cast

Jaroslava Schallerová

Jaroslava Schallerová

Valerie

Helena Anýžová

Helena Anýžová

Grandmother / Elsa / Mother / Redhead

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Petr Kopřiva

Orlík

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Jiří Prýmek

Tchoř-Constable

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Jan Klusák

Gracián

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Libuše Komancová

Handmaid in Training

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Karel Engel

Coachman Ondřej

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Alena Stojáková

Hedvika

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Otto Hradecký

Landlord

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Martin Wielgus

Tchoř-Father

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