Earrings, as contemporary unconventional fast-moving consumer goods, apart from having to buy new ones because of accidental loss, it seems that there is always an inexplicable attraction that people will naturally want when they have the first pair. The second pair. You may only have two pierced ears on the left and the right, but you will never be willing to have only one pair of earrings. Putting aside the consumerism trap, maybe this is the unique magic of earrings.
The pair of earrings mentioned in the title are very beautiful, shaped like a bell, and decorated with two small pearls. The bells are ancient, and they have the unique elegance and charm of the old time. The pearls are simple and innocent, graceful but not tacky, generous and playful. Strictly speaking, they are bell earrings with pearl pendants. But it has nothing to do with the well-known painting. The girl wearing bell earrings is not the twin sister of the girl wearing pearl earrings, but this pair of beautiful bell earrings is exactly a pair of magic earrings.
This girl with bells and earrings is named Valerie. The stories about her and the earrings are all in the 1970 Czech old movie "Valerie a týden divů".
If you are a fan of beautiful pictures/strange aesthetics/dark fairy tales/surrealism/magical reality/flying films and old movies, then "Valerie and her miracle week" is definitely not to be missed, at least you will I saw the name of this film in the integration of related categories. Of course, this is an old film that is definitely worth watching. It cools and relieves the heat. It is dreamlike and magical. The scene comes with a soft light filter. Let’s add some just right little weirdness, which is equivalent to an iced drink. It would be more appropriate if you can look at it at the end of the current summer.
Probably because the film is adapted from the original novel written by Czech surrealist poet Vítězslav Nezval, this film also has some surreal style poetry. In such a fantasy context, the word "miracle" in "Valerie and Her Miracle Week" seems to be more suitable for the interpretation of "Adventure". Similar to Alice's Adventures, this story will obviously center on girls. Valerie and her adventure-filled week unfolded.
The pair of bell earrings on the ears of the sleeping girl Valerie was stolen by a strange, torch-holding boy, but then suddenly and inexplicably lost and recovered. The ensuing encounter became unpredictable. Valerie’s grandmother’s anger warning seems to have some unexpected magic and curse, while the thief boy Olik’s letter explains to Valerie the pain of stealing, showing that she is acting for the evil of that terrifying cool-looking devil. The sheriff does things. The story that happened after that became sloppy and weird. For a while, it revealed the weird relationship between the grandmother and the missionary, and then it was revealed from the past of the sheriff and the grandmother that they were both vampires. At the same time, Olik and Valerie seem to be in love with each other, but they are always together and separated for a short time. Whenever they are in danger, Valerie will use the earring pendant. The magical wit of the pearl escaped. But after escaping from the last critical moment, Valerie fell into the next incomprehensible new situation like a dream in a series. After regaining her youth, the vampire grandmother transformed herself into a cousin calling herself Valerie and tried unkindly. The preacher who kidnapped Valerie and conspired against it instead slandered Valerie as a bewitching witch, and then called on the residents of the town to send Valerie to the stake to be burned to death... One after another, dreamlike encounters were surrounded by dangers, and the family's past happened again. Surrounded by heavy doubts, the breath of conspiracy and secrets disguised everything around him as a mystery. Of course, until the end, when the magic and the curse were lifted at the same time, everything seemed to finally return to the right track. Valerie found her biological parents, and the picture became warm and cheerful. Surrounded by the carnival crowd, Valerie finally took off her guard and entered. A happy dream.
The whole film is the same as another surrealist masterpiece "Holy Mountain", full of weird and aesthetically pleasing setting and religious rituals; like "Sanatorium under the Sand-made Time Mirror", the layered metaphor is above the dreamland Coming successively like oracles, the atmosphere of the whole story becomes more and more elusive: the thief who carried the fire, the white dove flying in the water, the conflict between fire and water appeared alternately, and finally merged into one and became the devil on the water. The blazing flames lit; the little flower girl who appears frequently but silently with a mysterious smile always appears unexpectedly beside Valerie and quickly disappears among the crowd. The bouquets she throws may sometimes symbolize good wishes Sometimes it may be a symbol of helpless sigh; if Olek is the side of Valerie’s gender consciousness awakening era emoji lover brother and as the contrast, then the flower girl may be Valerie’s childish echoes, leaving her childhood behind. It meant passing by with the past self and finally parting, Valerie's past also disappeared with the bouquet thrown by the flower girl. At the same time, the girl’s secret thoughts and subtle emotions have become more fickle with the arrival of her menarche. The blood drops on the petals of the daisy are a hint of romance, which shines like gems under the sunlight. In Valerie's subconscious mind, blood is a symbol of beauty and a proof of fear. The vampire's conspiracy and secrets imply that blood is inseparable from eternal youth, and it is also parallel to the dangerous moment of fall. In the bizarre and bizarre dream of the girl upside down, everything becomes strange and novel, and the encounters this week are always dangerous, but they can even be avoided.
As a member of the Czech new wave of movies in the 1960s, "Valerie and Her Miracle Week" occupied a place in film history with a distinctive personal temperament. Full of innovative symbols, grotesque metaphors, and constantly changing avant-garde forms. The exuberant vitality and emotional spewing collision are the fascinating highlights of Czech New Wave movies. "Valerie and Her Miracle Week" seeks diverse and rich experience results in the private exploration of dreams, and at the same time impresses people with a peculiar film soundtrack.
In addition, the casting is also a highlight of the film. The little beauty Yaroslava Shalerova, who plays Valerie, makes her debut, which makes people feel amazing. The beauty that comes with dark fairy tale temperament is light and pure, and her eyes are bright. Even precocious, obviously his mind is full of weird and whimsical ideas, which makes people think of the charming and somewhat dangerous little girl Luo in the classic version of Lolita movies for no reason. The pure beauty of a girl alone is like the dazzling flash above the sparkling river water in summer. It can save people from dangerous places. It is not stained with dust and fragile. The chief teacher is worried that the summer will not last long and the flash will be fleeting. The hidden worries come. In this way, the girl and the dream seemed to have merged into one, entangled with each other.
Valerie kept falling asleep in her dreams and waking up again in her dreams, and the boundaries between the dreams and the dreams gradually became confused. It is said that the feelings of young girls are always poetry. There is probably some truth. The poetry of young girls is also the dream of young girls. It is beautiful, bizarre, and dangerous, but it is always worth lingering in the dream of limited special edition.
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