Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (film)

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
Original Czech theatrical release poster
CzechValerie a týden divů
Directed byJaromil Jireš
Screenplay by
Based onValerie and Her Week of Wonders
by Vítězslav Nezval
Produced byJirí Becka
Starring
CinematographyJan Čuřík
Edited byJosef Valušiak
Music byLuboš Fišer
Production
company
Filmové studio Barrandov
Distributed byÚstřední půjčovna filmů
Release dates
  • 3 September 1970 (1970-09-03) (Gran Premio Bergamo)
  • 16 October 1970 (1970-10-16) (Czechoslovakia)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryCzechoslovakia
LanguageCzech

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (Czech: Valerie a týden divů) is a 1970 Czechoslovak Gothic surrealist coming-of-age psychological dark fantasy horror film[1][2][3] 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.[3] 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.[4]

  1. ^ "Valerie And Her Week Of Wonders".
  2. ^ Prikryl, Jana (29 June 2015). "Valerie and Her Week of Wonders: Grandmother, What Big Fangs You Have!". The Criterion Collection. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b Khan, Imran (22 July 2015). "Sexual Horror in 'Valerie and Her Week of Wonders". PopMatters. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  4. ^ Krzywinska, Tanya (15 September 2003). "Transgression, transformation and titillation: Jaromil Jireš's Valerie a týden divů (Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, 1970)". Kinoeye. 3 (9). Archived from the original on 28 October 2003. Retrieved 10 December 2011.