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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🔍 Search on JustWatch →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
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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.
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
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