A staged psychosis and suicide attempt at the Liljeholmsbron in Stockholm, Sweden, in order to initiate a debate about the Swedish health care system.
Social & External
The people behind it
Anna Odell
Johan Cullberg
Psychologist
Maria Levander
Stefan Lind
District Prosecutor
Erik Lönnqvist
Lawyer
Ernst Salamon
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