Still reeling from WWI, the local minister and neighbors harbor deep anti-German sentiment and shun the couple for living together out of wedlock.
Inge arrives from Germany to marry Olaf, but they cannot legally wed because she lacks citizenship papers. Sweet Land (2005)
Elizabeth Reaser, Tim Guinee, Alan Cumming, Ned Beatty, and Lois Smith Still reeling from WWI, the local minister and
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: Still reeling from WWI
Based on Will Weaver's short story, A Gravestone Made of Wheat Setting: Post-WWI rural Minnesota farm country Genre: Period Drama / Romance