The Unpromised Land

APPROPIATE

2019 / 87min.

Rating6

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Synopsis

Sabina has traveled from Romania to the small Swedish town Holmsund with her Roma brothers. They work in a garage and Sabina is looking for a job. Elin, born and raised in Holmsund, is in the church singing at the graduation ceremony. A summer is about to start and Sabina will get to know Elin. Together they will revolt against the old ways and find something new in each other. At the same time the society around them collapses in fear and Elin’s dad becomes insane by sorrow. Because there is a madness in the Swedish idyll.

Directors

Actors

Mattias Fransson

Andreea Petre

Elin Marklund

Ingrid Nyström

Cristian Priboi

Mădalin Mandin

Torbjörn Harr

Erik Lundholm

Sverker Brodin

Mihai Kolcsár

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