‘Cigarette Girl’ Enters Netflix Global Top 10

Netflix’s newest Indonesian original period drama Cigarette Girl, directed by acclaimed filmmakers Kamila Andini and Ifa Isfansyah, has secured a spot in the global Netflix Top 10. For the week ending November 12, Cigarette Girl ranks #10 on the global TV Non-English list with 1.6 million views in just one week. Cigarette Girl also ranked in the weekly top 10 in six countries: maintaining the top spot two weeks in a row in Indonesia and securing the #5 positions in Malaysia last week and #3 this week. Furthermore, Cigarette Girl made its mark in new countries in Latin America and Europe: Chile (#7), Romania (#8), Mexico (#9) and Venezuela (#9).

Cigarette Girl follows the story of Dasiyah (Dian Sastrowardoyo), who’s passionate about concocting the perfect formulas for clove cigarettes, known as kretek. Embedded in the story is a message about powerful women and an epic romance between Dasiyah and Soeraja (Ario Bayu), set against the Indonesian kretek industry and historical events in the 1960s.

The series also features actors Tissa Biani, Sha Ine Febriyanti, Winky Wiryawan, Sheila Dara, Ibnu Jamil, Rukman Rosadi, Verdi Solaiman, Nungki Kusumastuti, Dimas Aditya, Pritt Timothy and Tutie Kirana. It is produced by BASE Entertainment with showrunners Shanty Harmayn and Tanya Yuson. Ratih Kumala and Tanya Yuson are credited as screenwriters, along with Kanya K. Priyanti and Ambaridzki Ramadhantyo.