Šimon Holý Turns Drag, Family and Small-Town Life Into a Tender Political Statement in ‘Chica Checa’
Culture Index
Score Breakdown
Relevance
10/25
Freshness
25/25
Authority
18/20
Brand Signal
6/15
Depth
4/15
5-Axis Cultural Radar
A drag queen comes out to his small-town mother but all hell doesn’t break loose in Šimon Holý’s heartfelt and crowd-pleasing feature “Chica Checa.” The film screens on Saturday in the Crystal Globe Competition at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. Holý, who wrote, directed and composed the music for the film, spent “seven or eight […]
