Sweet Land DVD

Featuring supporting performances by veteran actors Ned Beatty, Paul Sand and Lois Smith, Sweet Land is an award-winning celebration of land, love and the American immigrant experience. When his grandmother Inge dies, a man is faced with a heart-wrenching decision – sell the family farm on which she lived since 1920, or cling to the legacy of the land. Sweet Land travels back to the beautiful farmland of 1920’s Minnesota as Inge (Elizabeth Reaser) arrives to marry a young Norwegian farmer, Olaf (Tim Guinee). Her German heritage and lack of official immigration papers arouse suspicion in the small town and they are forbidden to marry. With the support of Olaf’s friend Frandsen (Alan Cumming) and his family, Inge begins to learn the English language and the American way of life. Inge and Olaf’s relationship slowly develops and they fall in love, living together openly despite the scorn of their neighbours and the disapproval of the local minister. It is only when Olaf takes a stand as Frandsen’s farm is threatened with foreclosure, that the community unites around the young couple, finally accepting Inge as one of their own. Based on Will Weaver’s short story A Gravestone Made of Wheat, Sweet Land is a poignant and lyrical story of immigrant America.

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