Quicksand
6.9
2021
1 hr 53 min
Drama
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.
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- Cast：
- Hanna van Vliet , Elsie de Brauw , Simeoni Sundja , Jade Olieberg , Aus Greidanus , Manoushka Zeegelaar-Breeveld , Eran Ben-Michaël
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So much average
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If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.
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The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.
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A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
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