| Sweet Land | |
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| Directed by | Ali Selim |
| Written by | Ali Selim |
| Based on | "A Gravestone Made of Wheat" by Will Weaver |
| Produced by | James Bigham Alan Cumming Ali Selim |
| Starring | Elizabeth Reaser Tim Guinee Lois Smith Alex Kingston Paul Sand Tom Gilroy Robert Hogan Jodie Markell John Heard Patrick Heusinger Ned Beatty Alan Cumming |
| Cinematography | David Tumblety |
| Edited by | James Stanger |
| Music by | Thomas Lieberman |
| Distributed by | Libero LLC |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Sweet Land is a 2005 American independent period drama film written and directed by Ali Selim. It is an adaptation of the 1989 short story "A Gravestone Made of Wheat" by Will Weaver. The film stars Elizabeth Reaser, Tim Guinee, Lois Smith, Ned Beatty, John Heard, Alex Kingston and Alan Cumming. It premiered at the Hamptons International Film Festival on October 21, 2005, and went into limited release on December 1, 2006. The film won an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature.