Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

Friday, April 6, 2012 | 9:05 pm
Adventures in Wonderland: Alice and Other Lost Girls in Fantastic Worlds
1970/color/77 min.
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Scr: Jaromil Jireš, Ester Krumbachová; dir: Jaromil Jireš; w/ Jaroslava Schallerová, Helena Anýzová, Petr Kopriva, Jirí Prýmek.

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders meshes a coming-of-age allegory with baroque fantasy, trippy horror, and potent symbolism. Equal parts old-world superstition and Victorian fairy tale, Valerie infuses its splintered narrative with hippie audacity. Living with her grandmother in a Transylvanian hamlet, teenage Valerie walks a fine line between dream state and waking life after she begins to menstruate. Past and present merge, characters take on multiple identities, vampires, priests, and other strange creatures abound. A lasting cult classic, Valerie most recently had a substitute to its original Luboš Fišer score created by a psych-rock supergroup that calls itself The Valerie Project.

Imported 35mm print!

Bing Theater | Included with admission to Alice | $5 for Valerie only. | Tickets 323 857-6010 or purchase online.