The New Country (2000)
2h 8m
Running Time
November 24, 2000Release Date
The New Country (2000)
2h 8m
Running Time
November 24, 2000Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
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
Simon Norrthon
Greger
Anette Lindbäck
Eva
Ingrid Luterkort
Edith
Peter Birro
Writer
Lukas Moodysson
Writer
Geir Hansteen Jörgensen
Director
Gunnar Carlsson
Executive Producer
Tomas Eskilsson
Executive Producer
Christer Nilson
Producer
Dan Berglund
Original Music Composer
Jonas Bohlin
Original Music Composer
Milcho Leviev
Original Music Composer
Esbjörn Svensson
Original Music Composer
Marek Wieser
Director of Photography
Fredrik Morheden
Editor
Helena Åkerström
Casting
Gunnar Bertilsson
Production Design
Mirjam Öhner Angleflod
Costume Design / Makeup Artist
Ulrika Wassén
Costume Design
Pia Andersson
Makeup Artist
Anders Billing
Sound
Majka Bjørnager
Foley Editor
Morten Holm
Sound
Anne Jensen
Foley Recordist
Niclas Merits
Sound
Gadou Naudin
Foley Artist
Julien Naudin
Foley Artist
Eddie Simonsen
Sound
Niklas Skarp
Sound
Christian Brandin
Bengt Erlandsson
Katarina Ewerlöf
Nikolaj Giljov
Leonardo Gwiazda
Frida Harrysson
Sonny Johnson
Alexander Kantsjö
Axel Lindbäck
Jan-Olof Magnusson
Olli Markensos
Bo Mårtensson
Håkan Paaske
Bengt Sanzén
Helén Söderqvist Henriksson
Thomas Ungewitter
Hampus Öström
Hans Erixon
Anders Eriksson
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 24, 2000
Original NameDet nya landet
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 8m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
refugee
sweden
african
somali
social satire
Wiki.
The New Country (Swedish: Det nya landet) is a Swedish mini TV-series and feature film from 2000, directed by Geir Hansteen Jörgensen and written by Peter Birro and Lukas Moodysson. The mini-series version had a huge audience on national television, SVT and the feature film version won more awards around the world than any other Swedish feature in 2001. Some Swedish newspapers and critics has chosen The New Country as best Swedish TV mini-series ever and it is by many considered the beginning of Swedish "multicultural" cinema.
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