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| Polish | Brokat |
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| Country of origin | Poland |
| Original language | Polish |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
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| Producer | Maciej Kubicki |
| Cinematography | Paweł Flis |
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| Running time | 28–35 minutes |
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| Network | Netflix |
| Release | 14 December 2022 (2022-12-14) |
Glitter (Polish:Brokat) is a Polishdrama television series. It was released onNetflix on 14 December 2022.
The series follows the lives of three sex workers inSopot in 1976, during theGierek era ofCommunist Poland.
| No. | Title | Duration | Original release date |
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| 1 | "The Night of Love" (Noc miłości) | 35 min | 14 December 2022 (2022-12-14) |
| 2 | "Welcome to the Club" | 34 min | 14 December 2022 (2022-12-14) |
| 3 | "I Want You to Watch" (Chcę, żebyś patrzył) | 32 min | 14 December 2022 (2022-12-14) |
| 4 | "It Will Be Sunny" (Będzie słonecznie) | 28 min | 14 December 2022 (2022-12-14) |
| 5 | "What About Sex?" (A seks?) | 29 min | 14 December 2022 (2022-12-14) |
| 6 | "What a Girl Dreams Of" (O czym marzy dziewczyna) | 35 min | 14 December 2022 (2022-12-14) |
| 7 | "Stripteases Galore" (Noc striptizów wszelakich) | 28 min | 14 December 2022 (2022-12-14) |
| 8 | "Not All at Once" (Nie wszystko od razu) | 29 min | 14 December 2022 (2022-12-14) |
| 9 | "Peace Cup" (Puchar Pokoju) | 33 min | 14 December 2022 (2022-12-14) |
| 10 | "The Feast of Song" (Święto piosenki) | 35 min | 14 December 2022 (2022-12-14) |
Showrunner Aleksandra Chmielewska was inspired to create the series after reading aPolityka article by Anna Dobrowolska about sex work in thePolish People's Republic. Chmielewska stated, "In the first half of the Gierek decade, Poland opened up to the West. Foreigners began to come to us and pay in dollars... Women earned as much for one [sexual encounter] with a client as others earned for a month of working in an office. Sex work was one of the few, if not the only, ways to achieve financial independence. Sex workers were among the country's elite."[1]
The series was filmed in theTri-City area, including Sopot,Orłowo inGdynia, andHala Olivia andBiskupia Górka inGdańsk.[2][3]
Joel Keller ofDecider wrote, "Glitter makes a real effort to concentrate on its main characters instead of leaning on period clichés, and does so without judgement or a sense ofkitsch. Because of that, the characters have room to breathe and develop, something you don’t always see on shows set in the wild '70s."[4]
Andrzej Kulasek ofGazeta Wyborcza referred toGlitter as "a Polish series that surprises with a well-written script, a coherent story, great acting and fantastic editing."[5] Małgorzata Major ofWirtualne Media commendedGlitter's cinematography, production design, and costume design, calling the series "beautifully filmed" and "the most stylish production I have seen this year." She cited, however, the series' banality and clichés, writing, "The series does worse when it tries to tell the complex stories of its characters. The closer we get to the finale, the more we run aground."[6]
