Šimon Holý Turns Drag, Family and Small-Town Life Into a Tender Political Statement in ‘Chica Checa’

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.