The Black Swan

S01E01 The central character is Copenhagen-based corporate lawyer Amira Smajic. After over a decade of living a life built on lies, crime and fraud, the charismatic woman, nicknamed ‘The Ice Queen’ by the underworld, wants out. She contacts the high-profile journalist and filmmaker Mads Brügger, known for his thought-provoking performative investigative works, often infiltrating various environments, as he did in Sundance winners “The Red Chapel” “Cold Case Hammarskjöld” and the series “The Mole.” Smajic’s goal is to denounce the collusion between respectable Danish citizens and the criminal underworld. Brügger, who’s made a specialty of exposing corruption, human rights, and law-violating kingpins, sees an opportunity to question the myth of Denmark as the least corrupt country in the world, a welfare state supposedly built on trust.