Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (Valerie a týden divů)

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VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS

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Who's there?

Polecat!

Valerie...

forgive me.

Where are her earrings?

- Speak! - I lost them, Constable.

You're lying, Eaglet. You won 't escape punishment.

I'll put you to the water torture!

Eaglet!

Bend over so I can jump on your back.

Hurry up...

...you brat.

Grandma, the actors have arrived.

You should be more interested in the missionaries arriving.

When?

Today or tomorrow.

One of them will stay with us.

Are you playing with your earring, child?

I'm not a child anymore.

In fact, just last night...

At the age of 13...

...just like your mother.

I'm warning you.

Get rid of those earrings.

Your mother put them away the day she entered the convent.

Your father was the bishop.

As you know, they're both in heaven now.

Is there some secret in these earrings?

Oh, no.

I got them at the auction of this house..

...from a certain Constable.

You knew him?

Grandma, it's the actors!

No, that's a wedding.

Hedvika's getting married.

Kyrie eleison.

Lord, have mercy on her.

Deliver her from thy wrath...

Poor Hedvika.

Why?

She'll be a rich landowner's wife now.

Grandma!

A monster!

It can't be him.

He's dead, after all.

Who are you talking about, Grandma?

Go practice your scales.

Yes, Grandma.

“Beautiful maiden...

...it was I who stole your earrings...

...and then returned them into your hands.

My uncle, the Constable, longs to seize them.

He killed my father and mother,...

...and now I fear for your fate.

In church today...

In church today there will be a sermon for young maidens.

Please leave a dress of yours for me in the arbor...

...that I might disguise myself and speak to you in church.

Your poor Eaglet.”

Valerie!

Where are you, child?

lt's time to dress for church.

Grandma, may I bring a sprig of rosemary?

I, a servant of the Lord...

...and a missionary...

...have come among you today, dear maidens...

...for your instruction and edification.

O virginal maiden...

...do you know what you are?

You're an alabaster hand proffered in greeting.

You're a pomegranate yet to be split open.

You're a boat-shaped leaf,...

...an opening rosebud.

The callous hand...

...that would touch your breast...

...would leave an indelible imprint.

But I am here with you, my maiden.

In place of your guardian angel,...

...I bend down to you...

...and with the most exquisite ointment...

...I bless your lips, your breasts...

...your loins.

Eaglet.

Eaglet.

Valerie...

...is it really you?

That monster tortured me.

Valerie, I want to give you some advice.

- We're in the town square. - Forgive me.

Hide your eyes.

Now?

NOW!

Here I am.

First of all...

Where is the parish poorhouse, dear child?

Over there, Father.

You're performing an act of mercy.

Or perhaps you mind taking me there?

Not at all, Father.

In God's name, I beg of you!

You go in first.

Go on. Don't be afraid.

Welcome.

This is my kingdom.

Valerie...

...come closer.

Closer.

Come and you will see.

Look.

No!

I know that you love me no longer, my Gracián.

Just five years ago, when you were last here...

...but now!

Away with you!

I'll whip myself!

Grandma!

Keep watching.

This is only a dream.

I'm asleep...

...and all this is a dream.

Did he hurt you?

No.

He wants you to love him.

How can I love him when I'm afraid of him?

That's exactly why.

Eaglet!

I'm waiting for you, Constable.

Damned meddler!

Hands up or I'll shoot, thief!

Elsa...

...it's me.

Do you not recognize me?

Richard!

It's been so long since anyone called me...

...by that name.

Why have you come, Richard?

I missed you.

Since the day you seduced and abandoned me...

...I've never loved another man.

How sad.

How old you are now, Elsa!

You were 17 back then.

What I'd give to become young again like you!

Richard...

...tell me your secret.

I'll give you anything you want!

Give me back this house.

That would be robbing Valerie.

You're ready to commit far worse acts.

I'll do anything you say.

Good.

Let's draw up a little contract.

You will be young and beautiful again.

It will happen tonight,...

...at that miserly landowner's wedding.

You're the devil!

This pearl will save you.

Eaglet, where's Valerie?

- I carried her off. - To where?

The church tower.

Come here, you fool!

You will take me there too!

Let us pray.

Hear that?

Three times now the bells have begun ringing and then gone silent.

This is excellent.

Hardship always leaves one with an appetite,...

...and I experienced a good many things...

...on my mission among the cannibals.

We saved a young black woman.

She was very beautiful.

What became of her, Father?

We took her to our tent...

...and converted her to our faith.

She showed great talent.

Did she become a nun?

No, unfortunately.

We lost her in a French port.

Marta, where's the wine?

One day I'll tell you what became of her.

She fell into immoral ways...

...and sinned against the sixth commandment.

I'll give you a talk on the subject, dear child.

Thank you, Father.

Your father, the bishop, was a refined and sensitive man.

He'd faint when the prostitutes came to confession,...

...and all the beautiful women adored him.