The Hall of Lost Footsteps1960
Paired by the Criterion Channel, and both directed by Jaromil Jireš
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
Valerie a týden divů
Czechoslovakia / Czech / 1970 / 1h 13m
- Criterion Collection
- Spine №761
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Synopsis
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.
