The New Country

The New Country
The New Country
	Poster
Directed by	Geir Hansteen Jörgensen
Written by	Lukas Moodysson; Peter Birro;
Produced by	Dan Berglund; Tomas Eskilsson; Christer Nilson;
Starring	Mike Almayehu; Michalis Koutsogiannakis; Lia Boysen;
Cinematography	Marek Wieser
Edited by	Fredrik Morheden
Music by	Dan Berglund; Jonas Bohlin; Esbjörn Svensson;
Distributed by	Göta Film
Release date	4 November 2000;
Running time	232 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

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.

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)

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