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The town of Kiruna, Sweden, is moving — its ground shifts so often from the giant mine below it that the whole place is in danger of collapsing. The townspeople have to pack up and leave, eventually… but it turns out Kiruna may be sinking faster than anyone thought: Quakes are occurring with more frequency, and people are falling into the earth. It’s up to one woman, Frigga (Tuva Novotny), who knows the mine better than anyone else, to save the town — and her family.

In the Swedish disaster movie The Abyss, also starring Peter Franzén and Kardo Razzazi, Frigga pushes her work-life balance to the limits as she battles against a crumbling mine while her children’s lives are at stake. The film was directed by Richard Holm (Gåsmamman) with a screenplay by Holm, his son Robin Sherlock Holm (The Machinery), and Nicola Sinclair.

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The Abyss movie was partially inspired by a true story based on an earthquake in Kiruna, Sweden. The Kiruna Mine Disaster in 2020 led to evacuations with no reported casualties, inspiring the events in The Abyss film. After the 2020 earthquake, Kiruna sped up its move due to mine-related dangers, a process that has been ongoing since the early 2000s.

Netflix has added the Swedish movie The Abyss to its streaming library, and after watching it, one can't help but wonder if the horrific onscreen story was inspired by actual events (and if it could happen in real life). The 2023 disaster action film, directed by Richard Holm and written by Holm, Robin Sherlock Holm, and Nicola Sinclair, revolves around the residents of Kiruna, Sweden, struggling to survive a catastrophic rock burst that threatens to swallow the town whole. Kiruna is a real city, so its setting isn't based on a fictional town,...