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The New Country

The New Country

★ 6.5/10•2000•2h 8m•11•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.

Geir Hansteen Jörgensen · Director

Peter Birro · Writer

Lukas Moodysson · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime2h 8m
LanguageSV
Release DateNov 24, 2000

Actors

Mike Almayehu

Ali

Michalis Koutsogiannakis

Michalis Koutsogiannakis

Massoud

Lia Boysen

Lia Boysen

Louise

Lars Väringer

Lars Väringer

Kjell

Nicholas Riesbeck

Mackan

Evert Lindkvist

The Old Man

Inga Ålenius

Inga Ålenius

The Old Lady

Jan Åström

Jan Åström

Big Bert

Simon Norrthon

Simon Norrthon

Greger

Anette Lindbäck

Anette Lindbäck

Eva

Ingrid Luterkort

Ingrid Luterkort

Edith

Christian Brandin

Christian Brandin

Jan-Erik Emretsson

Anders Eriksson

Anders Eriksson

Hans Erixon

Bengt Erlandsson

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