Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

A young girl on the threshold of adulthood enters a fantastical world in this Czech cult classic, a potent mix of fairy tale, horror and surrealism.

Valerie (Jaroslava Schallerová), a young Czechoslovakian girl, is living at her grandmother’s house after her parents died. On the threshold of adulthood, she enters a fantastical world when she puts on a pair of magic earrings. Caught between waking and dreaming, Valerie’s enchanted realm is inhabited by vampires and phantasmagorical creatures evoked in a marvellous kaleidoscope of intoxicating imagery.

With its stunning visuals and transcendent score by the great Luboš Fišer, the film is a potent mix of fairy tale, horror and surrealism. Haunting and poetic, Jaromil Jireš' audacious film has become a cult classic of the Czech New Wave.