Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)

Part of the NO SEASON

Director: Jaromi Jires
Certificate: BBFC 15
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Format: DVD
Language: Czech with English Subtitles
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This Czech psychoactive period piece is bizarre and impossible to pin down but strangely joyful and almost ephemeral in the parts.

A phantasmagoric world of thirsty vampires/father figures, dark arts and dreamy free love is soundtracked by psych-folk and avant-garde classical music that has since inspired contemporaries like Broadcast, Fursaxa, Islaja and Espers.

Valerie is terrifying and beautiful; a Gothic nightmare in broad daylight.