Thicker Than Water

A slow-burning Nordic family drama that wraps you in island melancholy while secrets and tension quietly accumulate.

Created by

Henrik Jansson-Schweizer

Genres

Drama, Mystery

Starring

Joel Spira, Björn Bengtsson, Aliette Opheim

Overview

The beautiful island of Sunnanö in the Swedish archipelago is home to a popular B&B run by Anna-Lisa and her son Oskar. Anna-Lisa has summoned her daughter Jonna, an actress, and son Lasse, an opportunist, to the island. It is the first time in years that they are together again. When Anna-Lisa is found dead one morning, the siblings learn that she had terminal cancer: Her will stipulates that all three siblings must run the family B&B together for a year, or they won't inherit it at all. It is a mother’s last effort to reunite her children. But it will also confront them with the family’s unsolved past, present forces of attraction, and a very dark secret buried in a most unfortunate place...

How it feels

Dark, tense, melancholic and eerie. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Family, grief, betrayal, isolation

Content

Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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