The movie features a talented young cast, including:
Viola is neither a predator nor a romantic heroine. She is a woman suffocated by a loveless marriage to an alcoholic, emotionally remote man (played masterfully by Tomas von Brömssen). Her affair with Stig is an escape, a desperate grab at feeling alive. But Widerberg refuses to let her off the hook. As the affair deepens, Viola becomes increasingly dependent, childlike even, revealing a fragility that is both heartbreaking and uncomfortable. All Things Fair 1995 Movie Cast
In the mid-1990s, Swedish cinema experienced a renaissance of provocative, emotionally complex storytelling. At the forefront was director Bo Widerberg, a giant of European film, whose swan song, All Things Fair (original title Lust och fägring stor ), premiered in 1995. The film is a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama set in 1943 wartime Sweden—a neutral nation existing in a tense bubble while World War II raged around it. The movie features a talented young cast, including:
No love triangle is complete without the wronged spouse, but Tomas von Brömssen refuses to play Kjell as a simple villain. Kjell is a teacher at the same school, a man defeated by his own alcoholism and the quiet desperation of small-town life during wartime. He suspects the affair long before he has proof, and von Brömssen’s performance is a study in suppressed rage. But Widerberg refuses to let her off the hook