All Things Fair

All Things Fair
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Bo Widerberg
Produced by	Per Holst
Written by	Bo Widerberg
Starring	Johan Widerberg Marika Lagercrantz Tomas von Brömssen Karin Huldt Nina Gunke Kenneth Milldoff Björn Kjellman Frida Lindholm
Cinematography	Morten Bruus
Release dates	3 November 1995 (1995-11-03)
Running time	130 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish
Budget	25 million DKK

All Things Fair (Swedish: Lust och fägring stor, literally "Great Lust and Beauty") is a Swedish drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 3 November 1995,^[1] directed by Bo Widerberg, about a sexual relationship between a teacher and her 15-year-old student in southern Sweden during World War II. Bo Widerberg's son Johan Widerberg stars as the boy and Marika Lagercrantz plays the teacher. The original title is taken from the Swedish hymn "Den blomstertid nu kommer", which is traditionally sung in schools before closing for the summer holiday.

It was the last film to be made by Widerberg. It won several domestic and international awards and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.^[2]

Plot

This film is set in 1943 when the whole of Europe was embroiled in World War II. It deals with attraction of a 15-year-old boy Stig to his teacher Viola. The movie revolves at first around the sexual encounters between Stig and Viola; then, as the plot develops, Stig forms a close friendship with Viola's husband, a hard-drinking salesman who is quite aware of what is going on with his wife and Stig but does nothing to prevent it. Eventually, Viola descends, like her husband, into drink, and after threatening Stig with a broken bottle, their relationship ends.

Cast

Johan Widerberg as Stig Santesson
Marika Lagercrantz as Viola
Tomas von Brömssen as Kjell, "Frank"
Karin Huldt as Lisbet
Björn Kjellman as "Sigge" Santesson
Kenneth Milldoff as Stig's father
Nina Gunke as Stig's mother
Peter Nilsson as Class prefect
Jossi Sabbah as Isidor "Isse" Blecher
Linus Ericsson as Peter
Magnus Andersson as "Trötter"
Frida Lindholm as Olga
Monica Stenbeck as Gym teacher
Per-Olov Månsson as Cinema owner
Sigge Cederlund as Projectionist
Frida Sjö as Lina
Thomaz Ransmyr as the man at the cinema.

Awards and nominations

The film was awarded the Special Jury Prize Silver Bear and the Blue Angel Award at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival^[3] and the Audience Award at Gothenburg Film Festival. It also won the awards for Best Actor (Johan Widerberg) at the Rouen Nordic Film Festival and Best Actress (Marika Lagercrantz) at Festroia International Film Festival.^[4]

At the Guldbagge Awards, the film won in three categories: Best Film, Best Direction and Best Supporting Actor (Tomas von Brömssen). Johan Widerberg and Marika Lagercrantz were nominated for Best Actor and Best Actress respectively.^[5] It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 68th Academy Awards.

References

↑ "Lust och fägring stor". Swedish Film Database. 3 November 1995. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
↑ "The 68th Academy Awards (1996) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
↑ "Berlinale: 1996 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
↑ Utmärkelser at the Swedish Film Institute (Swedish)
↑ Guldbaggen: Vinnare och nominerade 1991-1999 at the Swedish Film Institute (Swedish)

External links

All Things Fair at the Internet Movie Database
All Things Fair at the Swedish Film Institute Database
All Things Fair in the Danish National Filmography

Films directed by Bo Widerberg

Raven's End Love 65 Heja Roland! Elvira Madigan The White Game Ådalen 31 Joe Hill Stubby The Man on the Roof Victoria The Man from Majorca The Serpent's Way All Things Fair

Guldbagge Award for Best Film

1963–1990	The Silence (1963/64) Swedish Wedding Night (1964/65) Heja Roland! (1965/66) Persona (1966/67) Hugo and Josephine (1967/68) The White Game (1968/69) A Swedish Love Story & Mistreatment (1969/70) The Emigrants (1970/71) The Apple War (1971/72) Cries and Whispers (1972/73) A Handful of Love (1973/74) The Last Adventure (1974/75) Release the Prisoners to Spring (1975/76) The Man on the Roof (1976/77) The Adventures of Picasso (1977/78) A Respectable Life (1978/79) To Be a Millionaire (1979/80) Children's Island (1980/81) The Simple-Minded Murderer (1981/82) Fanny and Alexander (1982/83) Beyond Sorrow, Beyond Pain (1984) My Life as a Dog (1985) The Sacrifice (1986) Pelle the Conqueror (1987) Katinka & Back to Ararat (1988) The Miracle in Valby (1989) Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg (1990)

1991–present	Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem (1991) House of Angels (1992) The Slingshot (1993) A Pizza in Jordbro (1994) All Things Fair (1995) Hamsun (1996) Tic Tac (1997) Show Me Love (1998) Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen (1999) Songs from the Second Floor (2000) As White as in Snow (2001) Lilya 4-ever (2002) Evil (2003) Dalecarlians (2004) Nina's Journey (2005) Kidz in da Hood (2006) You, the Living (2007) Everlasting Moments (2008) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) Sebbe (2010) She Monkeys (2011) Eat Sleep Die (2012) The Reunion (2013) Force Majeure (2014) The Here After (2015)

Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

1956–1975	The Staffan Stolle Story (1956) The Seventh Seal (1957) The Magician (1958) None (1959) The Virgin Spring (1960) Through a Glass Darkly (1961) The Mistress (1962) The Silence (1963) Raven's End (1964) Dear John (1965) Persona (1966) Here Is Your Life (1967) Shame (1968) Ådalen 31 (1969) A Swedish Love Story (1970) The Emigrants (1971) The New Land (1972) None (1973) None (1974) None (1975)

1976–2000	City of My Dreams (1976) The Man on the Roof (1977) None (1978) A Respectable Life (1979) Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti (1980) Children's Island (1981) Flight of the Eagle (1982) Fanny and Alexander (1983) Åke and His World (1984) Ronia, the Robber's Daughter (1985) The Sacrifice (1986) Hip hip hurra! (1987) None (1988) The Women on the Roof (1989) Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg (1990) The Ox (1991) House of Angels (1992) The Slingshot (1993) The Last Dance (1994) All Things Fair (1995) Jerusalem (1996) Tic Tac (1997) Show Me Love (1998) Under the Sun (1999) Songs from the Second Floor (2000)

2001–present	Jalla! Jalla! (2001) Lilya 4-ever (2002) Evil (2003) As It Is in Heaven (2004) Zozo (2005) Falkenberg Farewell (2006) You, the Living (2007) Everlasting Moments (2008) Involuntary (2009) Simple Simon (2010) Beyond (2011) The Hypnotist (2012) Eat Sleep Die (2013) Force Majeure (2014) A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2015) A Man Called Ove (2016)

Silver Bear for Jury Grand Prix

1965–1989	Le Bonheur / Repulsion (1965) No Shooting Time for Foxes (1966) Alle Jahre wieder / La Collectionneuse (1967) Innocence Unprotected / Signs of Life / Something Like Love (1968) Il Decameron (1971) The Hospital (1972) There is No Smoke Without Fire (1973) The Clockmaker (1974) Dupont Lajoie / Overlord (1975) Canoa (1976) The Devil, Probably (1977) A Queda (1978) Alexandria... Why? (1979) Seeking Asylum (1980) Akaler Sandhane (1981) Dreszcze (1982) A Season in Hakkari (1983) Funny Dirty Little War (1984) Flowers of Reverie (1985) The Mass Is Ended (1986) The Sea and Poison (1987) Commissar (1988) Evening Bell (1989)

1990–2009	Astenicheskiy sindrom (1990) The Conviction / Satan (1991) Sweet Emma, Dear Böbe (1992) Arizona Dream (1993) Strawberry and Chocolate (1994) Smoke (1995) All Things Fair (1996) The River (1997) Wag the Dog (1998) Mifune's Last Song (1999) The Road Home (2000) Beijing Bicycle (2001) Halbe Treppe (2002) Adaptation (2003) Lost Embrace (2004) Peacock (2005) Offside / En Soap (2006) El Otro (2007) Standard Operating Procedure (2008) Alle Anderen / Gigante (2009)

2010–2029	If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle (2010) The Turin Horse (2011) Just the Wind (2012) An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker (2013) The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) The Club (2015) Death in Sarajevo (2016)

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