The film uses a non-linear narrative, beginning in 1968 as an elderly Inge buries her husband, Olaf. It then flashes back to 1920 to recount their struggle to build a life together:
Based on Will Weaver's short story, A Gravestone Made of Wheat Setting: Post-WWI rural Minnesota farm country Genre: Period Drama / Romance Sweet Land (2005)
Still reeling from WWI, the local minister and neighbors harbor deep anti-German sentiment and shun the couple for living together out of wedlock. The film uses a non-linear narrative, beginning in
Inge arrives from Germany to marry Olaf, but they cannot legally wed because she lacks citizenship papers. (2005) is a critically acclaimed independent romantic drama
(2005) is a critically acclaimed independent romantic drama that tells the story of Inge, a German woman who travels to rural Minnesota in 1920 for an arranged marriage to a Norwegian farmer. Quick Facts Director: Ali Selim