Cigarette Girl (Gadis Kretek) is an epic series that is as sprawling & ambitious as the hopes & dreams it carries for Indonesia’s filmmakers. Helmed by Kamila Andini (The Mirror Never Lies) and Ifa Isfansyah (Before, Now & Then), the series is produced by Base Entertainment with showrunners Shanty Harmayn and Tanya Yuson. Ratih Kumala and Tanya Yuson also served as screenwriters along with Kanya K. Priyanti and Ambaridzki Ramadhantyo. Based on Ratih Kumala’s 2012 novel, Cigarette Girl (aka Gadis Kretek) stars Dian Sastrowardoyo (Sri Asih) as Dasiyah, a woman ahead of her time who is passionate about the perfect formula for clove cigarettes. Decades after her encounter with Soeraja, played by Ario Bayu (The Bridge), Soeraja’s son Lebas (Arya Saloka), meets Arum (Putri Marino), and together they trace the past and uncover buried secrets.
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