With its stunning visuals and transcendent score by the great Luboš Fišer,Valerie and Her Week of Wonders is a potent mix of fairy tale, horror and surrealism, drawing the audience into the fantastical world inhabited by a young girl on the threshold of adulthood.
Caught between waking and dreaming, Valerie’s enchanted realm is inhabited by vampires and phantasmagorical creatures evoked in a marvellous kaleidoscope of intoxicating imagery. Haunting and poetic, Jaromil Jireš' audacious film casts a powerful spell. Recognised as one of the most enduring and influential fantasies ever made, it has become a cult classic.
Extras
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (Valerie a týden div, 1970) presented from a brand new HD transfer of the film from original materials by the Czech National Film Archive.
The Projection Booth audio commentary.
Filmed introduction by film historian Michael Brooke.
Interview with actor Jaroslava Schallerová.
Jaromil Jire short films: Uncle (Strejda, 1959), Footprints (Stopy, 1960), The Hall of Lost Footsteps (Sál ztracených krok , 1960)
Trailer
Booklet featuring writing by Peter Hames and Joseph A. Gervasi
New and improved English subtitle translation.
Region free Blu-ray (A/B/C)
Original soundtrack in 2.0 Stereo 24-bit LPCM audio
