All Things Fair
(1995)
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All Things Fair
(1995)
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Johan Widerberg | ... |
Stig
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Marika Lagercrantz | ... |
Viola
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Tomas von Brömssen | ... |
Kjell
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Karin Huldt | ... |
Lisbet
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Nina Gunke | ... |
Stig's Mother
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Björn Kjellman | ... |
Sigge
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Kenneth Milldoff | ... |
Stig's Father
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Frida Lindholm | ... |
Olga
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Sigge Cederlund | ... |
Biografmaskinisten
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George Bisset |
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Gösta Ekstrand |
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Hilda Suovanen |
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Per Olov Börjeson |
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Jörgen Svensson |
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Monica Stenbeck | ... |
Gymnastiklärarinnan
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Malmö, Sweden during the Second World War. Stig is a 15 year old pupil on the verge of adulthood. Viola is 37 years old and his teacher. He is attracted by her beauty and maturity. She is drawn to him by his youth and innocence, a god-sent relief from her drunk and miserable husband. They start a passionate and forbidden relationship - but it has consequences they never could have expected. Written by Mattias Pettersson <seaman@sbbs.se>
"All Things Fair" is a strange kind of film because it is always transforming itself. While it always remains a coming-of-age film it ranges in its focus, touching on many different expressions. Obviously this makes it hard to categorise, hard to follow, hard to analyse, and all this seems to add up to a good thing. It starts out so luridly that I thought I was in for a Swedish version of "Private Lessons" but somehow it manages to continually evolve into something quite else. The changes in pace and locus give the narrative a certain elliptical feel which consolidate the nostalgic representation. Pretty good performances all round and some unexpected twists in the tale make it well worthwhile.