KUALA LUMPUR -- A heady mixture of clove cigarettes, love, family drama and 1960s communism has made the Netflix TV series "Cigarette Girl" Indonesia's biggest hit of 2023 -- and pushed it into the streaming platform's top 10 most-watched films in nine other countries.
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Dian Sastrowardoyo plays the lead character Dasiyah, the daughter of a Javanese cigarette magnate who harbors dreams of producing her own cigarettes in the 1960s. (All photos courtesy of Netflix)
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