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Sweet Land

2005 · 110 min

A quiet, tender story of love growing against suspicion, with a patient, heartfelt warmth.

Directed by
Ali Selim
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Elizabeth Reaser, Lois Smith, Patrick Heusinger
Overview
Set in 1920, Inge travels from Germany to rural Minnesota in order to meet the man destined to be her husband.

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  • MGM Plus Amazon Channel
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Ali Selim
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Elizabeth Reaser, Lois Smith, Patrick Heusinger
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • isolation
  • immigration
  • identity
  • family
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Ali Selim
Written by
Will Weaver
Starring
Elizabeth Reaser, Lois Smith, Patrick Heusinger, Tim Guinee, Stephen Pelinski, Alan Cumming, Ned Beatty, John Heard
Runtime
110 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
German, French, Hungarian, English, Norwegian

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