Sweet Land
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Sweet Land
Sweet Land (2005) is a feature-length movie created by Ali Selim.
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[edit] Main Details
[edit] Plot Summary
As it appeared in the 2006 Fargo Film Festival program: Based on Will Weaver's short story, A Gravestone Made of Wheat, Sweet Land, flashes back from a present-day setting and conflict over what will become of the family farm, to the farm's beginning, focusing on recent Norwegian immigrant Olaf and his bride-to-be, Inge, a German refugee by way of Norway whose nationality, lack of papers and strong coffee cause great difficulties in a rigid community.
[edit] Production Information
[edit] Cast
- Elizabeth Reaser.... Inge
- Tim Guinee.... Olaf
- Lois Smith.... Old Inge
- Ned Beatty.... Harmo
- Alan Cumming.... Frandsen
- Alex Kingston.... Brownie
- John Heard.... Minister Sorrensen
- Paul Sand.... Older Frandsen
- Jodie Markell.... Donna Torvik
- Stephen Pelinski.... Older Lars
- Patrick Heusinger.... Young Lars
- Sage Kermes.... Mae Torvik
- Kirsten Frantzich.... Lee
- Stephen Yoakam.... Einar Torvik
- Karen Landry.... Rose Torvik
- James Cada.... Minister Thorwald
- Charlotta Mohlin.... Else Jorgensdatter
- James Bakkom.... Station Master
- John Paul Gamoke.... Brekke
- Barbara Kingsley.... Disa
- Stephen D'Ambrose.... Clerk of Court
- Patrick Coyle.... Martin
- Raye Birk.... Postal Clerk
- Dick Reignier.... LaMotte
- Palmer Grinager.... Spotten
- Tony Papenfuss.... Gentleman Bidder
- Wayne A. Evenson.... Judge Sundby (credited as Wayne Evenson)
- Tom Gilroy.... Karl Vik
- Jared Benjamin.... Arkin
- Jamie Brockhohn.... Farmer
- Jim Brockhohn.... Farmer
- Jimmy Brockhohn.... Farmer
- Joseph Courtemanche.... Norwegian Farmer
- Frank Crandell.... Farmer with Red Wood Cane
- Christopher Day.... Train Station Farmer/Luggage Handler
- Matthew Feeney (II).... Farmer
- Robert Hogan.... Olaf in 1968
- Maximilian Selim.... Barista Sergio
- Ken Vierling.... Funeral Director
- Will Weaver.... Unnamed Farmer in Magic Lantern Scene
- Jim Westcott.... Banker
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[edit] Film Festivals
- 2006 Cleveland International Film Festival
- 2006 Fargo Film Festival
- 2006 Florida Film Festival
- 2006 Newport Beach International Film Festival
- 2006 RiverRun International Film Festival
- 2006 Wisconsin Film Festival
- 2005 Hamptons International Film Festival.... Winner Audience Award Best Narrative Feature
[edit] External Links
- Sweet Land website
- Sweet Land at the Internet Movie Database
- Sweet Land at Metacritic
- Sweet Land at Rotten Tomatoes
