"Charlatan" Offers A Remarkable Tale of a Gay Herbalist in the 1950s

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  • Author(s): By:Gary M. Kramer
  • Source:
    Gay City News (New York, NY), July 20, 2021 Arts, 4pp
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    • Abstract:
      Around the midpoint of "Charlatan," director Agnieszka Holland's engrossing portrait of herbalist Jan Mikolášek (Ivan Trojan), the protagonist's homosexuality is revealed. A practitioner of natural healing, he is interviewing a handsome young man, František Palko (Juraj Loj), to be his assistant. Palko, recognizing the spark of Mikolášek's attraction, offers his employer complete loyalty...