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The New Country

6.5

2h 8m

2000

Synopsis

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

DramaComedy

refugeeswedensocial satireafricansomali

Cast & Crew

Mike Almayehu

as Ali

Michalis Koutsogiannakis

Michalis Koutsogiannakis

as Massoud

Lia Boysen

Lia Boysen

as Louise

Lars Väringer

Lars Väringer

as Kjell

Nicholas Riesbeck

as Mackan

Evert Lindkvist

as The Old Man

Inga Ålenius

Inga Ålenius

as The Old Lady

Jan Åström

Jan Åström

as Big Bert

Simon Norrthon

Simon Norrthon

as Greger

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