Snabba Cash (TV series)

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Snabba Cash
SwedishSnabba cash
Genre
Starring
  • Evin Ahmad
  • Alexander Abdallah
  • Ayaan Ahmed
Opening theme"Försent"
Composer1.Cuz feat. Greekazo
Country of originSweden
Original languageSwedish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes12 (list of episodes)
Production
Production locationsStockholm, Sweden
Running time44 minutes
Production companySF Studios
Original release
NetworkNetflix
Release7 April 2021 (2021-04-07)

Snabba Cash is a 2021 Swedish television series written by Jens Lapidus and Oskar Söderlund (screenwriter) and directed by Jesper Ganslandt [sv].[1][2] It is based on Lapidus' Stockholm Noir novel trilogy, the first of which was adapted into three films: Easy Money (2010), Easy Money II: Hard to Kill (2012), and Easy Money III: Life Deluxe (2013). The series takes place in Stockholm, ten years after the events of the film trilogy.[1]

In June 2021, a second season was announced and was released in September 2022.[3]

Synopsis

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In Season 1, Leya (Evin Ahmad), a single mother of Middle Eastern ancestry, is desperate for startup funding for an artificial intelligence firm she founded. Leya, like many others in the mostly immigrant housing developments where she resides, has few alternatives. She believes her only option is to borrow money from her drug-dealing brother-in-law Ravy (Dada Fungula Bozela), which jeopardises her future when he becomes a partner in her company.[4]

Season 2 takes place one year later. Leya is pushing her startup towards a public offering while Ravy battles a ruthless new competitor for control of the drug trade. Leya's connections with the underworld continue to threaten her successful business career.[5]

Cast

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  • Evin Ahmad as Leya
  • Alexander Abdallah as Salim
  • Ayaan Ahmed as Nala
  • Ali Alarik as Tim
  • Dada Fungula Bozela as Ravy
  • Olle Sarri as Thomas Storm
  • Nadja Christiansson as Ronja
  • Egon Ebbersten as Martin Wallin
  • Peter Eggers as Marcus Werner
  • Love Ehn as Leon
  • Jozef Wojciechowicz as Dani
  • Alex Moore Eklund as Barre
  • Yussra El Abdouni as Fatima
  • Fredrik Evers as Tim's Father
  • Yasmine Garbi as Li
  • Khalil Ghazal as Osman
  • Felice Jankell as Viktoria
  • Ardalan Esmaili as Jamal

Episodes

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Episodes for seasons 1 and 2[6]

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
11"Shuno Is 12 Percent"Jesper GanslandtUnknown7 April 2021 (2021-04-07)
22"Gonna Be 2 Rocks, Leya"Jesper GanslandtUnknown7 April 2021 (2021-04-07)
33"Friends and Family"Jesper GanslandtUnknown7 April 2021 (2021-04-07)
44"Was Never 'Bout the Cheese, Things Just Happened This Way"Jesper GanslandtUnknown7 April 2021 (2021-04-07)
55"If You Play with Fire, You're Gonna Get Burned"Jesper GanslandtUnknown7 April 2021 (2021-04-07)
66"Making Money Is Never Bad!"Jesper GanslandtUnknown7 April 2021 (2021-04-07)
71"It Was Dag Hammarskjöld, Fam"Jesper GanslandtJesper Ganslandt, Oskar Söderlund22 September 2022 (2022-09-22)
82"Are They Chatting or Selling?"Jesper GanslandtJesper Ganslandt, Aron Levander, Oskar Söderlund22 September 2022 (2022-09-22)
93"We'll Try One with You"Måns MånssonJesper Ganslandt, Oskar Söderlund22 September 2022 (2022-09-22)
104"Waste Them All"Måns MånssonJesper Ganslandt, Mona Masri, Oskar Söderlund22 September 2022 (2022-09-22)
115"Yeah, 100%. This Is the Last Last Time"Lisa FarzanehJesper Ganslandt, Oskar Söderlund22 September 2022 (2022-09-22)
126"I Know Who You Are"Lisa FarzanehJesper Ganslandt, Oskar Söderlund22 September 2022 (2022-09-22)

Reception

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In his review for Wall Street Journal, John Anderson describe the series as The show's insular worlds collide, revealing complex relationships and impending doom. Once established, the series becomes engrossing, exploring desperation's influence on actions.[7] New York Times Tobias Grey praised the show's creator, Oskar Soderlund, for highlighting the extreme versions of capitalism represented in these worlds, as how's adaptation of Jens Lapidus's novels modernizes crime in Stockholm, emphasizing the growth of organized crime and its brutality.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Netflix Orders 'Snabba Cash' Series Based on Hit Movie Franchise from SF Studios". Variety. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Snabba Cash | Official Teaser | Netflix". YouTube. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  3. ^ "Netflix Renews Swedish Show 'Snabba Cash' for Season 2". What's on Netflix. June 7, 2021.
  4. ^ Greene, Steve (2022-09-22). "Like Crime Shows? 'Snabba Cash' Should Be Your Next Netflix Obsession". IndieWire. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
  5. ^ "Snabba Cash". Netflix. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Snabba Cash Episode List". imdb.com. An Amazon Company. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  7. ^ Anderson, John (2021-04-06). "'Snabba Cash' Review: Easy Money Is Hard to Come By". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
  8. ^ Grey, Tobias (2021-04-14). "'Snabba Cash' Depicts a Sweden Flowing with Money and Blood". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
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