The New Country

The New Country

Infobox Film
name = The New Country


caption = The New Country poster
director = Geir Hansteen Jörgensen
producer = Dan Berglund
Tomas Eskilsson
Christer Nilson
writer = Lukas Moodysson
Peter Birro
starring = Mike Almayehu
Michalis Koutsogiannakis
Lia Boysen
music = Dan Berglund
Jonas Bohlin
Esbjörn Svensson
cinematography = Marek Wieser
editing = Fredrik Morheden
distributor = Göta Film
released = November 4, 2000
runtime = 232 min.
country = flag|Sweden
language = Swedish
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0188350

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 at 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.

Plot

Two refugees, Ali and Massoud run away from their asylum camp and meet Louise, a former miss Sweden. Together in an old rusty car they are on the run from the police and old memories through the Swedish summer countryside.

Cast (main characters)

*"Mike Almayehu" ("Ali")
*"Michalis Koutsogiannakis" ("Massoud")
*"Lia Boysen" ("Louise")

External links

*Imdb title|id=0188350|title=The New Country
* [http://www.sfi.se/sfi/smpage.fwx?page=5228 Swedish Film Institute]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E05E2DB143BF936A15750C0A9649C8B63 New York Times]


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