2000
6.7 (19 votes)
2h 8m
Genres
Drama
Comedy
Production Companies
SVT Drama
Film i Väst
GötaFilm
Film i Väst
GötaFilm
The New Country (Det nya landet)
Overview
A 15-year-old Somalian boy meets a 40-year-old Iranian man in a refugee camp in Skåne, in the south of Sweden. With the threat of deportation hanging over them, they decide to take their faiths in their own hands and together they go on a journey in the Swedish summer.
Key Crew
Director: Geir Hansteen Jörgensen
Writer: Peter Birro, Lukas Moodysson
Producer: Christer Nilson
Director of Photography: Marek Wieser
Top Cast
Mike Almayehu
Ali
Michalis Koutsogiannakis
Massoud
Lia Boysen
Louise
Lars Väringer
Kjell
Nicholas Riesbeck
Mackan
Evert Lindkvist
The Old Man
Inga Ålenius
The Old Lady
Jan Åström
Big Bert
