Chica Checa

Chica Checa (2026)

Widowed Zdena lives a quiet life as a postwoman in a small Czech village. When her beloved son Lukas returns home from France to say goodbye to his dying grandmother, his determination to make her seemingly impossible wish come true leads him to reveal a secret that challenges the values of the village: his queer life in Paris and his drag queen alter ego, Chica Checa.

Erscheinungsdatum
2026-08-20
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (2)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 36 Min.
Genres
Komödie, Drama
Regie
Šimon Holý

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

Chica Checa is a 2026 comedy-drama film written and directed by Šimon Holý. Starring Pavla Tomicová, Jan Cina, Alexandra Borbély and Erwan Kepoa Falé the film follows Zdena, widowed village postwoman, who is trying to fulfill the last wish of her ailing mother. A series of unexpected events brings her closer to her drag queen son Lukáš.

Production

Pavla Tomicová and Jan Cina were cast to play the lead roles of mother and son whereas Alexandra Borbély, Alena Doláková, Jitka Schneiderová, Natálie Řehořová, Sára Venclovská, Erwan Kepoa Falé, Věra Janků, Ludmila Sonková, Miroslav Kumhala and Martin Hronský were cast in supporting roles.

Šluknov Hook provided the backdrop for the film, which was shot in the summer of 2024 in the Ústí nad Labem Region and Plzeň Region, as well as in Brno and France.

The shooting for the film was wrapped in October 2024.

In October 2025, the film was selected in works in progress for Warsaw Co-Production Forum which took place on 16 October as part of Warsaw Industry Days, during the 41st Warsaw Film Festival at Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw. It was showcased along with 4 other projects.

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