Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

Dir. Jaromi Jires, Czech with English Subtitles, 1970

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Wed 16 June 2010 // 19:30 / Cinema

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.