The New Country
2000•2h 8m•6.5•Released
DramaComedy
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.
Director
Geir Hansteen Jörgensen
Writer
Lukas Moodysson, Peter Birro
Languages
Persian, Swedish
Studio
SVT Drama
Cast
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
Christian Brandin
Jan-Erik Emretsson
Anders Eriksson
Hans Erixon
Production
Company
SVT Drama
Company
Film i Väst
Company
GötaFilm
Producer
Christer Nilson
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