All Things Fair
Encyclopedia
All Things Fair is a 1995
Swedish
drama film
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
.
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
.
At the Guldbagge Award
s, 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. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
at the 68th Academy Awards
.
1995 in film
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Swedish
Cinema of Sweden
Swedish cinema is known as producing many critically acclaimed movies, and during the 20th century was the most prominent of Scandinavia. This is largely due to the popularity and prominence of the directors Ingmar Bergman, Victor Sjöström, and more recently Lasse Hallström and Lukas...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Bo Widerberg, about a sexual relationship between a teacher and her 15 year old student in southern Sweden during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. Bo Widerberg's son Johan Widerberg
Johan Widerberg
Johan Widerberg, born March 16, 1974 in Stockholm, is a Swedish actor appearing in numerous Swedish films and TV series.- Biography :Johan Widerberg is the son of Swedish director Bo Widerberg....
stars as the boy and Marika Lagercrantz
Marika Lagercrantz
Marika Karin Louise Lagercrantz is a Swedish actress. She is the daughter of Olof Lagercrantz, granddaughter of Hans Ruin, sister of David Lagercrantz, and cousin of Lars and Johan Lönnroth. She resides in Bagarmossen, a suburb of Stockholm.-Selected filmography:-References:...
plays the teacher. The original title is taken from the Swedish hymn Den blomstertid nu kommer
Den blomstertid nu kommer
Den blomstertid nu kommer is a Swedish hymn, traditionally credited to Israel Kolmodin. The origin of the hymn is, however, debated. It was first published in the 1695 Swedish Hymnal....
, 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
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
.
Plot
This movie is set in 1943 when the whole of Europe was embroiled in WWII. It deals with attraction of a 15 year old boy Stig to his teacher Viola. The whole movie revolves around the sexual encounters between Stig and Viola and how he eventually grows out of it.Cast
- Johan WiderbergJohan WiderbergJohan Widerberg, born March 16, 1974 in Stockholm, is a Swedish actor appearing in numerous Swedish films and TV series.- Biography :Johan Widerberg is the son of Swedish director Bo Widerberg....
as Stig Santesson - Marika LagercrantzMarika LagercrantzMarika Karin Louise Lagercrantz is a Swedish actress. She is the daughter of Olof Lagercrantz, granddaughter of Hans Ruin, sister of David Lagercrantz, and cousin of Lars and Johan Lönnroth. She resides in Bagarmossen, a suburb of Stockholm.-Selected filmography:-References:...
as Viola - Tomas von BrömssenTomas von BrömssenTomas Birger von Brömssen is a Swedish actor.He played leading roles in Albert & Herbert, My Life as a Dog , Dykaren , Mannen från Mallorca and Sofies verden .He was first...
as Kjell, "Frank" - Karin Huldt as Lisbet
- Björn KjellmanBjörn KjellmanJohn Björn Sture Kjellman , is a Swedish actor and singer. He has had roles in Swedish movies like Klassfesten and Livet är en schlager, in which he plays a Melodifestivalen-obsessed transsexual who is brother to Helena Bergström's character, who takes part in the Swedish Melodifestivalen in the...
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 RansmyrThomaz RansmyrThomaz born 15 June 1973 in Skanör, Sweden, is a Swedish artist and author working from The Netherlands...
as the man at the cinema.
Awards and nominations
The film was awarded the Special Jury Prize Silver Bear at the 1996 Berlin International Film FestivalBerlin International Film Festival
The Berlin International Film Festival , also called the Berlinale, is one of the world's leading film festivals and most reputable media events. It is held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in West Berlin in 1951, the festival has been celebrated annually in February since 1978...
and the Audience Award at Gothenburg Film Festival
Gothenburg Film Festival
Göteborg International Film Festival is an annual film festival in Gothenburg, Sweden, launched in 1979. The first year the festival showed 17 films on 3 screens, and had 3 000 visitors. Today, the film festival is the biggest in Scandinavia and takes place 10 days every year between January and...
. It also won the awards for Best Actor (Johan Widerberg) at the Rouen Nordic Film Festival
Rouen Nordic Film Festival
The Rouen Nordic Film Festival was a film festival hold in Rouen, France for screening and competition films made in Nordic and Baltic countries, Holland and Belgium...
and Best Actress (Marika Lagercrantz) at Festroia International Film Festival
Festroia International Film Festival
The Festróia Festival Internacional de Cinema de Tróia is an annual film festival that takes place in Setúbal, Portugal since 1985.The festival's competitive section is open to films from countries producing less than 30 features per year...
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At the Guldbagge Award
Guldbagge Award
The Guldbagge Award is an official Swedish film award awarded annually since 1964 by the Swedish Film Institute.-Etymology:Guldbagge is the Swedish name for Cetonia aurata, a beetle also known as rose chafer. The name of the award could also be interpreted as a play on the Swedish word skalbagge,...
s, 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. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
at the 68th Academy Awards
68th Academy Awards
The 68th Academy Awards were held on March 25, 1996, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. The show was hosted by Whoopi Goldberg. The ceremony was watched 44.48 million viewers, with 30.5% households watching...
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