A convent girl plunges into Montreal’s counterculture, trading innocence for a new kind of freedom.
VALéRIE
Valerie leaves behind her life at a convent for the wild side of life. Getting a job as a topless dancer, Valerie quickly graduates to becoming a high-class hooker. After amassing a small fortune, she falls in love with an artist, a man who is more-than-willing to overlook Valerie's sordid past.
Quick Answer
Valérie is a 1969 Canadian drama film directed by Denis Héroux about a young woman who leaves a convent, discovers Montreal’s hippie scene, and becomes a high-class prostitute.
Programmer's Pick
Valérie doesn’t just dip a toe into Montreal’s swinging underground—it cannonballs in, leaving prudery shivering on the convent steps. Come for the taboo-busting nudity, stay for the snapshot of a city (and a country) caught between repression and revolution.
— SassyFlix Programmer
Overview
Details & Specs
- Director
- Denis Héroux
- Writers
- Julien Parnelle, Richard Sadler
- Release
- 1969
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Country
- Canada
- Language
- French, English
- Genres
- Drama
- Also Known As
- Tendre et sensuelle Valérie, Valérie - omsværmet og foragtet, Valérie, tendre sensualité
Why This Matters
Valérie broke new ground as the first Quebec film to feature nudity and achieved remarkable commercial success, becoming the highest-grossing Canadian film of its era.
Cast & Crew
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Why Cult
Recognized as the first of a wave of Canadian films to blend explicit sexuality with the drama of Quebec’s shifting morals.
Experience the freewheeling, psychedelic streets of 1969 Montreal as viewed through the eyes of a runaway convent girl.
The film’s open depiction of nudity and sexuality scandalized audiences in its day and remains a time capsule of shifting social attitudes.
Valérie dives headlong into the tension between Quebec’s Catholic traditions and the era’s burgeoning sexual liberation.
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Questions from the Vault
When was Valérie released? +
Valérie was released in 1969.
Who directed Valérie? +
Denis Héroux directed Valérie.
How long is Valérie? +
Valérie has a runtime of 95 minutes.
What genre is Valérie? +
Valérie is a drama film.
Where can I watch Valérie? +
Valérie is available to stream on SassyFlix.
