This 1970 Czech New Wave fantasy is a gorgeous, dreamlike journey into adolescence, sexuality, and the macabre. It’s less a narrative and more a series of surreal, sensual vignettes, drenched in stunning cinematography and symbolic imagery. Following young Valerie through a world of vampires, priests, and hidden desires, it feels like a forgotten fairy tale penned by a Freudian poet. It’s a beautifully unsettling, almost psychedelic experience that defies easy categorization and leaves a lingering, ethereal impression.
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