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Review: Growing Up Is Awful, and Not Only for Gay People, Czech Series “Filter” Says
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- The Czech series “Filter” portrays adolescence as difficult and explores experiences involving minority sexual orientation.
- Reviewer praises its natural language and performances by Antonio Šoposki, Martha Issová and Simona Peková.
- The series faces the challenge of engaging viewers who are not primarily interested in questions of sexual orientation.
“Filter” treats adolescence as an unpleasant experience, and its subject is not limited to gay characters. The Czech series uses natural dialogue and an expressive style that belong among its main strengths.
Antonio Šoposki leads a cast that also includes Martha Issová and Simona Peková, who play the protagonist’s mother and grandmother. Their performances help give the series a distinctive voice.
The series nevertheless faces a difficult task: persuading viewers who are not interested in minority sexual orientation that it is telling a broader story than that alone.
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Originally published by iDNES in Czech. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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