The New Country (2000)

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The New Country on IMDb 7.5/10 1,360 votes

Released:
2000-11-24

Overview:
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

Runtime:
2h 8min

Genre:
Drama, Comedy

  • Cast:
  • Mike Almayehu
    as
    Ali
  • Michalis Koutsogiannakis
    as
    Massoud
  • Lia Boysen
    as
    Louise
  • Lars Väringer
    as
    Kjell
  • Nicholas Riesbeck
    as
    Mackan