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Sweet Land is a 2005 American independent period drama film written and directed by Ali Selim. It is an adaptation of the 1989 short story "A Gravestone Made of Wheat" by Will Weaver. The film stars Elizabeth Reaser, Tim Guinee, Lois Smith, Ned Beatty, John Heard, Alex Kingston and Alan Cumming.
Sweetland is a 2023 Canadian drama film, directed by Christian Sparkes. Adapted from the novel of the same name by Michael Crummey, the film stars Mark Lewis Jones as Moses, a retired fisherman who refuses to leave the isolated Newfoundland and Labrador outport town of Sweetland when the provincial government launches a resettlement initiative.
Oct 25, 2024 · The movie Sweetland is about a small outport town facing resettlement in the early 2010s, and one man’s refusal to accept that reality. It’s based on the book “Sweetland” by Newfoundland ...
Sweet Land: Directed by Ali Selim. With Elizabeth Reaser, Lois Smith, Patrick Heusinger, Stephen Pelinski. In 1920, Inge, a German national, travels from Norway to rural Minnesota for her arranged marriage to Olaf, a Norwegian farmer; bureaucracy and prejudice cause major complications.
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- Drama, Romance
- Ali Selim
- 2008-07-31
Dec 22, 2006 · Based on Will Weaver’s short story, “A Gravestone Made of Wheat,” Selim’s script is set in early-1920s Minnesota, where a Norwegian farmer, Olaf (Tim Guinee), plans to marry an immigrant...
May 3, 2024 · Sweetland: Directed by Christian Sparkes. With Sara Canning, Mark Lewis Jones, Mary Walsh, Lawrence Barry. The story of an endangered Newfoundland community and the struggles of one man determined to resist its extinction.
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SWEETLAND. Directed and adapted by Christian Sparkes. Based on the novel by Michael Crummey. Starring Mark Lewis Jones, Sara Canning. Genre: Drama. The scarcely populated town of Sweetland is in slow decline when the mainland government offers each islander a generous resettlement package.
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