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.
When God loses faith in humankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity's only hope for survival lies in a group of strangers trapped in an out-of-the-way, desert diner with the Archangel Michael.
It’s the time of sexual awakening and everything is in a state of flux. A game of spin-the-bottle sets off a chain reaction and, afterwards, nothing is quite same again.
The story revolves around a mystical indigenous goblin called "Kuttichathan" who is under the spell of an evil sorcerer; however, it gets released by three children and then befriends them.
Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president, Cosmo Topper.
The film is based on a 2003 novel by the same name, written by Norwegian author Jostein Gaarder. The main character is the young boy Georg who one day finds a long letter from his deceased father.
Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense.
An American boy turns out to be the heir of a wealthy British earl. He is sent to live with the irritable and unsentimental aristocrat, his grandfather.
Pepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France. Since his escape, Moko has become a resident and leader of the immense Casbah of Algiers.
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Introducing Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
Czech film expert Peter Hames (author of Czechoslovak New Wave) introduces Jaromil Jires's fantastic and singular film VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF ...
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (Modern Trailer)
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970) Tribute/Fan/Updated/Modernized Trailer Edit by Dan McBride Part of my trailer project - breathing some new life into ...
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders - Trailer
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.
Trailer - Valerie and her week of wonders (1970)
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Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
Jaromil Jireš's Czechoslovak New Wave fantasy Valerie and Her Week of Wonders is now available in Blu-ray and DVD Criterion editions.
Valerie a týden divu (1970) - Valerie And Her Week Of Wonders
Inspired by fairy-tales such as Alice in Wonderland and Little Red-Riding Hood "Valerie and her Week of Wonders" is a surreal tale in which love fear sex and ...
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