Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (film)

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders Czech Valerie a tden div is a 1970 Czechoslovakian surrealist film directed by Jaromil Jire and based on the 1932 novel of the same name by Vtzslav Nezval.

The film starts out with 13yearold Valerie Schallerov sleeping in a gazebo. A thief steals her earrings as she tries to investigate, shes startled by the apparition of a horrific man who quickly covers his face with a polecat mask. The next day she is swimming in a pool and the thiefs arms suddenly return her earrings to her, much to the annoyance of the young thiefs boss, the man in the mask, whom the boy calls the Constable.Back at her house, Valerie, whos just had her first period, asks her grandmother Elsa about the earrings, which belonged to Valeries late mother she left them behind upon entering the convent where she met Valeries late father, a bishop. Before that, the owner of the earrings was the Constable who was also the previous owner of their house. Valerie also learns that both a group of missionaries and a company of actors are coming to town. ........

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