Quicksand Swedish : Störst av allt is a Swedish psychology - crime drama streaming television series, based on the novel of the same name by Malin Persson Giolito. The series was commissioned in following the immense popularity of Giolito's novel.
A school shooting takes place at Djursholm senior high school. At the age of 18, Maja Norberg is arrested and suspected of murder. The protagonist admits the murder at an early stage but denies the crime — the trial is rather about why the murder was committed than whether it was committed.
Like in the novel, the story is told from the main character's perspective, with events flashing back and forth between the present day and her memories of events that led up to the shooting. Quicksand is not based on a real-life event but the story was written to reflect real-life class inequalities that its creators saw in Sweden.
On 7 Septemberit was announced that Netflix had given the production a series order for a first season. In Februarythe series held its official premiere with the screening of the first two episodes at the Berlin International Film Festival in BerlinGermany.
On 27 Marchthe official trailer for the series was released. In a review of the premiere episode, Joel Keller from Decider described Quicksand as a "pretty standard crime drama, albeit one that's pretty well-written. Contents move to sidebar hide.
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