All Things Fair

(1995)

★ 6.5 IMDb · 180 votes

Genres: Drama, Romance, History

Year: 1995

Runtime: 125 мин

Country: Denmark, Sweden

Director: Bo Widerberg

Cast: Johan Widerberg, Marika Lagercrantz, Tomas von Brömssen, Karin Huldt, Nina Gunke, Kenneth Milldoff, Björn Kjellman, Frida Lindholm, Sigge Cederlund, Monica Stenbeck

Plot

In 1943 Malmö, 15-year-old Stig is attracted to his teacher Viola, 22 years his senior, who, drawn to his youth and innocence, believes the lad is a God-sent relief from her miserable marriage to a drunken, unfaithful lout.

In Malmö, Sweden during the Second World War, Stig is a 15-year-old pupil on the verge of adulthood, and Viola is 37 years old and his teacher. He is attracted by her beauty and maturity, and she is drawn to him by his youth and innocence. At the same time, Stig becomes friends with Viola's husband Kjell, who teaches him classical music, and the affair continues, even after Kjell understands that Stig has a relationship with his wife, which Kjell does nothing to prevent. However, Stig and Viola's passionate and forbidden relationship will have consequences they never could have expected.