24955
24955

The New Country

2000-11-24
6.7
sv 128m
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

Peter Birro

Writer

Lukas Moodysson

Executive Producer

Gunnar Carlsson

Executive Producer

Tomas Eskilsson

Producer

Christer Nilson

refugee sweden social satire african somali

Status

Released

Countries

  • Sweden

Companies

  • SVT Drama
  • Film i Väst
  • GötaFilm