

The New Country
2000-11-24 · 128 min · ★ 6.5
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
Michalis KoutsogiannakisMassoud
Lia BoysenLouise
Lars VäringerKjell
Inga ÅleniusThe Old Lady
Jan ÅströmBig Bert
Simon NorrthonGreger
Anette LindbäckEva
Ingrid LuterkortEdith
Christian Brandin
Anders Eriksson
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