Sweet land [DVD videorecording] / LaSalle Holland presents a film by Ali Selim in association with I20 dB Films ; Beautiful Motion Pictures in association with Libermania and Channel Z Films ; producers Jim Bigham, Alan Cumming, Ali Selim ; written and directed by Ali Selim.

Title :

Sweet land

Format:

DVD

Summary:

Widescreen. Inge is a feisty German mail-order bride who has come to Minnesota to marry Olaf, a young Norwegian immigrant farmer of few words. But in a post-WWI, anti-German climate, the local minister openly forbids the marriage. Inge and Olaf fall in love despite the town's disapproval. But when the town banker attempts to foreclose on the farm of his friend Frandsen, Olaf takes a stand.

Language:

English

Language Note:

English dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

Audience:

MPAA rating: PG; for brief partial nudity and mild language.

UPC/EAN:

024543449744

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:

Inspired by the short story "A gravestone made of wheat" by Will Weaver.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2005.

Special features: Commentary by cast and crew ; 'Sweet Land : a labor of love story' featurette ; Theatrical trailer.

Subject:

Mail order brides -- Minnesota -- Drama.

Norwegians -- Minnesota -- Drama.

Man-woman relationships -- Minnesota -- Drama.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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Sweet land [DVD videorecording] / LaSalle Holland presents a film by Ali Selim in association with I20 dB Films ; Beautiful Motion Pictures in association with Libermania and Channel Z Films ; producers Jim Bigham, Alan Cumming, Ali Selim ; written and directed by Ali Selim.

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A European exile finds herself a stranger in a strange land when she comes to the United States in this independent romantic comedy-drama. As a man ponders what to do with his family's estate after the death of his grandmother, he thinks back to how she first came to America shortly after World War I. Olaf (Tim Guinee) is a Norwegian-American farmer looking for a wife to share his home on the Minnesota prairie, and with eligible women in short supply locally, he sends away for a mail-order bride. Inge Ottenberg (Elizabeth Reaser) soon arrives at Olaf's doorstep, but while she's pretty, smart, and amiable, he's taken aback to discover she's not Norwegian but German, which after several years of anti-German propaganda does not make her popular with her new neighbors. Inge isn't very good with English, making it even harder to keep her background a secret, and the local pastor, Rev. Sorrensen (John Heard), is so outraged at the presence of a presumed Hun he refuses to perform their wedding. But Inge struggles to make friends with her new neighbors, in particular Olaf's best friend, Frandsen (Alan Cumming), a gadget fancier whose wife, Brownie (Alex Kingston), is better with mechanical items than he is. In time, Inge's cheerful nature and love of music begin to make an impression on the community as she shares her favorite tunes on her ever-present gramophone. Sweet Land was the first feature film from writer and director Ali Selim. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi