Valerie, a Czechoslovakian teenager living with her grandmother, is blossoming into womanhood, but that transformation proves secondary to the effects she experiences when she puts on a pair of magic earrings. Now seeing the world around her in a different light, Valerie must endure her sexual awakening while attempting to discern reality from fantasy as she encounters lecherous priest Gracian, a vampire-like stranger and otherworldly carnival folk.
corruption
based on novel or book
magic
vampire
sexuality
allegory
innocence
supernatural
priest
religion
demon
occult
sexual awakening
vampirism
dream like experience
czech new wave
polecat
bohemians