The New Country (2000)
- Original title
- Det nya landet
- Directed by
- Geir Hansteen Jörgensen
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film
- Country
- Sweden
- Runtime
- 3h 52m
- Rated
- 11
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 21 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
Several immigrants navigate life in Sweden, dealing with bureaucracy and prejudice while building new lives. The story follows their struggles and small triumphs as they adapt to a new country.
warmthoughtfuldramaticcomedicsocially awarehopefulcharacter-drivenmoving
What happens
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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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