# Quicksand (2019)

> A seemingly well-adjusted teenager is put on trial for murder after a tragedy at her wealthy Stockholm suburb's school.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/73580

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 6
- Episode runtime: 45 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: crime, drama, mystery
- Created by: Lisa Farzaneh, Per-Olav Sørensen
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: Hanna Ardéhn, Felix Sandman, David Dencik, Rebecka Hemse, Anna Björk, Reuben Sallmander, Helena af Sandeberg, Maria Sundbom
- TMDB rating: 7.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7340738/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: bleak, tense, cold, unsettling, morally uneasy

## What critics say

Audiences rate the miniseries positively, praising its tense courtroom-and-school-tragedy premise and its performances while finding its mystery engaging.

## Synopsis

Quicksand is a Swedish crime drama miniseries created by Lisa Farzaneh and Per-Olav Sørensen and released on Netflix in 2019. Adapted from a novel, the six-episode limited series follows Maja Norberg (Hanna Ardéhn), a seemingly well-adjusted teenager who finds herself on trial for murder after a tragedy at her school shakes a wealthy suburb outside Stockholm. Her parents Camilla (Anna Björk) and the lawyers and detectives around the case, including Peder Sander (David Dencik) and Sebastian Fagerman (Felix Sandman), pull at the story from different directions, and each episode peels back another layer of family loyalty and class pressure. The engine is the question of what Maja actually knows and what the adults around her are willing to see, with the courtroom and the investigation working as the spine of each installment. Told with a non linear timeline and shifting perspectives, the series builds a tense, cold, morally uneasy atmosphere in which polished homes hide cracks. Fans of Big Little Lies, The Killing and Thirteen Reasons Why will find the same mix of teen crime, suburban secrecy and slow revelation. Its Nordic noir sensibility makes it a sharp, bleak watch for viewers who like their mysteries grounded and unsentimental.

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