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The New Country
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The New Country

2000-11-24 · 128 min · ★ 6.5

Drama · Comedy

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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Directors
Geir Hansteen Jörgensen
Production companies
SVT Drama, Film i Väst, GötaFilm
Countries
Sweden
Status
Released

Top Cast

Mike AlmayehuAli
Michalis KoutsogiannakisMichalis KoutsogiannakisMassoud
Lia BoysenLia BoysenLouise
Lars VäringerLars VäringerKjell
Nicholas RiesbeckMackan
Evert LindkvistThe Old Man
Inga ÅleniusInga ÅleniusThe Old Lady
Jan ÅströmJan ÅströmBig Bert
Simon NorrthonSimon NorrthonGreger
Anette LindbäckAnette LindbäckEva
Ingrid LuterkortIngrid LuterkortEdith
Christian BrandinChristian Brandin
Jan-Erik Emretsson
Anders ErikssonAnders Eriksson
Hans Erixon
Bengt Erlandsson
Katarina EwerlöfKatarina Ewerlöf
Nikolaj Giljov
Leonardo Gwiazda
Frida Harrysson

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