The New Country

The New Country

128 mins | Drama, Comedy | Nov. 24, 2000

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.

The New Country

128 mins | Drama, Comedy | Nov. 24, 2000

The New Country
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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers SVT Drama, Film i Väst, GötaFilm
Original title Det nya landet
Directors Geir Hansteen Jörgensen
Writers Peter Birro, Lukas Moodysson

Cast

Mike Almayehu

as Ali

Ingrid Luterkort

as Edith

Lia Boysen

as Louise

Nicholas Riesbeck

as Mackan

Lars Väringer

as Kjell

Evert Lindkvist

as The Old Man

Inga Ålenius

as The Old Lady

Jan Åström

as Big Bert

Simon Norrthon

as Greger