People who can’t read

People who can’t read

A book shouldn’t be this hard

2026 · 2 min · Comedy, Romance, Fantasy

In the quiet of night, a man struggles to lose himself in the pages of a book, yet his dyslexia transforms the words into an labyrinth. Beside him, a stranger reads effortlessly, absorbed in a world the man can only long to enter, leaving him consumed by frustration and envy as even the escape of an audiobook remains beyond his grasp.

Directed by Felix Bartov · Written by Felix Bartov

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Christian Olin Dyslexic man
Felix Bartov Registered Bibliophile
Sol Vikman Audiobook reader (fast)
Leif G.W. Persson Audiobook reader (slow)

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