The New Country
2000, Swedish. Directed by Geir Hansteen Jörgensen.
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.
- Runtime
- 2h 8m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Swedish
- Rated
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- Released
- 24 November 2000
- Original title
- Det nya landet
- Country
- Sweden
- Written by
- Lukas Moodysson, Peter Birro
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The New Country runs 128 minutes (2h 8m).
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The New Country isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 24 November 2000. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like The New Country?
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Who directed The New Country?
The New Country (2000) was directed by Geir Hansteen Jörgensen and stars Mike Almayehu, Michalis Koutsogiannakis, Lia Boysen.