The New Country (2000)
2h 8m
Running Time
November 24, 2000Release Date
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.
Where to Watch.
No streaming offers found
Cast & Crew.
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 24, 2000
Original NameDet nya landet
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 8m
Genres
Advertisement
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.