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Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

1970Directed by Jaromil JirešCzechoslovakia73 min

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (Czech: Valerie a týden divů) is a 1970 Czechoslovak Gothic coming-of-age surrealist dark fantasy horror film co-written and directed by Jaromil Jireš, based on the 1935 novel by Vítězslav Nezval. It is considered one of the last films of the Czechoslovak New Wave movement.…

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