In addition to Portugal, “Gloria” has also climbed to the top of Netflix daily in Luxembourg. According to the data of the Flixpatrol website, the first season of the series takes 10th place in the overall standings.
In Portugal, “Gloria” overtook “Criada” (2nd place) and “Squid Game” (3rd place) at the top of the series. The Portuguese production also tops the overall standings, having stolen and surpassed the films “Ladress Army” and “Lovehard”.
“Glória” is a spy and action story, set in Portugal in the last years of the Estado Novo dictatorship, and also during the Cold War, a fictional story based on real context and facts.
The action is centered in the village of Glória do Ribatejo, where the American Broadcasting Center (RARET) has been operating for decades, with the goal of transmitting “Western propaganda to the countries of the Eastern Bloc”.
The fictional story stars engineer Joao Vidal (actor Miguel Nunes), the son of a high-ranking Estado Novo leader, who is recruited by the KGB, Moscow’s secret police.
The series stars Victoria Guerra, Afonso Pimentel, Adriano Luz, Carolina Amaral, Juana Ribeiro, Albano Jeronimo, Marcelo Origi, Stephanie Vogt, Jimmy Tainaka, and others.
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