What is the Polish LGBTQ drama Queen on Netflix about?
By Mads Lennon
Timed perfectly for Pride 2022, Queen on Netflix is a heartfelt, LGBTQ Polish television drama series about a Parisian tailor who moonlights as a drag queen.
After leaving his home for decades, Sylwester (Andrzej Seweryn) returns home to make amends with his daughter (Maria Peszek). Netflix subscribers might also recognize a familiar face in the series as Queer Eye star Antoni Porowski makes his return to acting in Queen as a tailor assistant named Antoś. It’s not too surprising to see him pop up here as Antoni was raised by Polish parents after they emigrated to Canada.
With just four episodes, this limited series is the perfect weekend binge-watch on what is a relatively slow weekend at Netflix. But given its emotional subject matter, I imagine you’ll want to grab the tissues while you’re watching.
You might recognize Seweryn from another Netflix series, the Polish crime thriller The Mire. Queen also stars Maria Peszek, Julia Chętnicka, Kova Rea, Paweł Koślik, Henryk Niebudek and Piotr Witkowski.
Queen on Netflix synopsis
Sylwester is a retired tailor who left Poland more than 50 years ago. But after receiving a letter asking him to donate his kidney to his sick daughter, he returns to his home for the first time in years to make amends with her and confront his past.
Based on the trailer for the project, Queen looks like an excellent and poignant queer production and it’s always nice to see streaming services branch out in terms of storytelling. Netflix has really been bringing it with great foreign content.
Read the full synopsis from Netflix:
"Sylwester, a retired tailor who now moonlights as a drag queen, left Poland fifty years ago and has been living in Paris ever since. One day he gets a letter, asking him to donate a kidney to his ill daughter, who he left behind all these years ago and has never seen. Reluctant, he embarks on a journey back to his motherland, to the coal mining town he swore never to return to. The journey takes an unexpected turn, forcing Sylwester to confront the past and use his artistic skills to mount a stage production to save this small coal mine town. It is a story of redemption, second chances, and love overcoming all differences."
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If you’re interested in learning more about the intimate series you can watch the official trailer below. Queen is now streaming only on Netflix.