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Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970) [The Criterion Collection]

Posted By: Helladot
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Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970) [The Criterion Collection]

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
BDRip 720p | MKV | 1280 x 720 | x264 @ 2048 Kbps | 1h 17mn | 1,36 Gb
Audio: Czech AC3 1.0 @ 160 Kbps + Alternate psych-folk soundtrack | Subs: English
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | Director: Jaromil Jires

A girl on the verge of womanhood finds herself in a sensual fantasyland of vampires, witchcraft, and other threats in this eerie and mystical movie daydream. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders serves up an endlessly looping, nonlinear fairy tale, set in a quasi-medieval landscape. Ravishingly shot, enchantingly scored, and spilling over with surreal fancies, this enticing phantasmagoria from director Jaromil Jireš is among the most beautiful oddities of the Czechoslovak New Wave.


When I was a student, 30 years ago, I saw maybe a film a day. I was 17 when I saw Valerie for the first time. It may not be the best film ever made, but I was stunned by the beauty of the images, the story, the direction and especially the people. If film is a dream made visual, this is the quintessential film. I saw it several times during the seventies, and always the magic struck again. In 1995 I found it on video. I had to switch it off after 30 seconds. The quality was so poor all the magic was lost. Do not see this film if you cannot see it in 100% optimal conditions. To me, Valerie is a memory of an ideal, of what film ought to be. I can live with such a memory.
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Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970) [The Criterion Collection]

Alternate 2007 psych-folk soundtrack to the film by the Valerie Project