Quicksand

Sep 29, 2021

1h 53m

★ 5.7

Overview

A young woman finds herself struggling to maintain her mental health and grounded family life on a rural Dutch island when her capricious, city-dwelling thespian mother falls incurably ill and expects her increasingly regular company and assistance.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Homeless Bob Production

PRPL

Quicksand Trailers

Cast

Suze

Hanna van Vliet

Helena

Elsie de Brauw

Juul

Elin Koleci

Luukas

Simeoni Sundja

Charlie

Jade Olieberg

Leo

Aus Greidanus

Dokter

Manoushka Zeegelaar-Breeveld

Jeroen

Wieger Windhorst

Assistant Director

Eran Ben-Michaël

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