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All Things Fair (Swedish: Lust och fgring stor, literally "Desire and Great Beauty") is a Swedish film written and directed by Bo Widerberg. It was released to cinemas in Sweden on 3 November 1995,[1] and was Widerberg's final film. It tells the story of a sexual relationship between a teacher and her 15-year-old student in Malm, Sweden during World War II. Widerberg's son Johan Widerberg stars as the boy Stig and Marika Lagercrantz plays his teacher Viola. 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.
In 1943 in the midst of World War II, Stig is a 15-year-old boy in his third year at a Malm school, having moved with his family to the area from Stockholm two years prior. He is close with his older brother Sigge, a boxer who will soon be leaving for duty on the front lines. One day during class, Stig gets into trouble for passing notes and is asked by his teacher Viola to stay behind. She demands to see the note, which reveals the boys' ignorance about sex in embarrassing detail. As punishment, Viola has Stig wash the blackboard and get rid of the flies in the classroom. Stig develops an attraction to the married Viola and feigns an interest in her collection of dictionaries as an excuse to be around her. Viola reciprocates Stig's affections and soon they embark on an affair. Stig and Viola's husband, Kjell, happen to both be at Viola's home one day and Stig is spotted by Kjell before he can make an escape. Kjell, a salesman, is not angry at Stig and does not appear to suspect the boy of anything, assuming him to be a tutee of his wife. Kjell and Stig begin to form an easy bond over classical music, a pastime Stig's father has no appreciation for.
Meanwhile, Stig's neighbor and classmate Lisbet takes a liking to him and tries to learn the Stockholm dialect via radio to get his attention. Sigge sends Stig letters from aboard the submarine Ulven written in a special code between the two siblings. One day Kjell catches Stig walking around his house in a robe, and Stig is forced to come clean. It is revealed Kjell knew of the affair the whole time, but is unable to do anything about it. Kjell confesses his marital problems with Viola stem from his own infidelity shortly after their wedding, with the relationship not improving thereafter. Kjell's friendship with Stig continues, but his alcoholism becomes more apparent to the boy and he starts to question his relationship with Viola.
After a family party, Lisbet leads Stig to her bedroom and offers her virginity to him. Stig is flustered and Lisbet leaves, hurt by his perceived lack of interest. Later, he tries to make amends to Lisbet and sneaks into the girls' locker room at school, hiding inside a vault. He manages to get her attention from inside, and Lisbet happily climbs in with him to consummate their feelings in secret. Stig later hears an alarming radio update about a submarine explosion. He anxiously checks his letter from Sigge which confirms he was aboard the same submarine. A devastated Stig keeps the news to himself at first, but his mother deduces what has happened.
Lisbet is at the local cinema where Stig is a concessions worker. Searching for Stig, she walks in on him having sex with Viola in a storage closet. Lisbet is disgusted and rejects Stig's apologies. Stig goes to Viola's house intending to break things off with her, but she has been drinking and is in an emotional state since being caught by Lisbet. Viola refuses to talk with him and the boy ends up succumbing to her. Later, Viola tells Stig after class one day that she has decided to fail him because he didn't pass her class. Stig knows the real reason is because of their relationship and his desire to end it. He threatens to tell the authorities about them but Viola counters that no one would believe his account. On the last day of the school year, Stig is informed by the school principal he will indeed be repeating a grade. Stig goes to get Viola's grade book from her classroom but finds all the pages for his record have been ripped out. At the same moment, a plane approaches the school, which is celebrating its last day, and dumps fuel on the school grounds, causing injury to some students.
Stig attends the funeral for his brother and his fellow submariners with his parents. On the train ride back home, Stig's mother, unaware of her son's affair with Viola, expresses regret at not writing notes to the school to excuse Stig's bad grades and poor attendance. She believes his school performance has been hampered by working late nights at the cinema and because of the strain of Sigge's military service. She starts to suspect there was something more to Stig's school woes, but Stig stops her and says he will tell her the whole story someday when she's older. Stig visits Kjell and pleads with the man to help him clear his name and academic record, but Kjell remains passive and ineffectual. During the ceremony where Viola is handing out school reports to students, Stig barges in and walks right up to her, denouncing her by showing his genitals and not taking his report. The film ends with Stig exiting the school, carrying all the dictionaries he has stolen from Viola's desk with him in a suitcase.
Writing for Variety, critic Gunnar Rehlin praised the performances, writing "As the boy, Johan Widerberg (in reality 21, and an experienced actor) is at his best to date under his father's direction. As Viola, Lagercrantz again shows herself to be one of Sweden's most versatile actresses".[4] However, Rehlin also said the "pic falls short in developing some of its characters and side plots. It would, for instance, have been interesting to learn more about the boy's parents, their inner lives and reactions to events".[4]
The film was awarded the Special Jury Prize Silver Bear and the Blue Angel Award at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival[6] 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.[1]
At the Guldbagge Awards, the film won in three categories: Best Film, Best Direction and Best Supporting Actor (Tomas von Brmssen). Johan Widerberg and Marika Lagercrantz were nominated for Best Actor and Best Actress respectively.[1] It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 68th Academy Awards.[3]
Working Group I met in the morning to consider the report on the Secretariat's preparations for the Habitat II Conference, while a drafting group established Thursday morning from Working Group II began work on the preparation of the Draft Statement of Principles and Global Plan of Action.
The Secretary-General of the Conference reported on the Secretariat's activities in preparation for Habitat II as contained in document A/CONF.165/PC.2/2. Preparations at the national level have included dissemination of guides and working documents as well as briefings and advisory missions. As of February 1995, 79 countries had established national committees, and 52 had submitted progress reports. Regional and subregional preparatory meetings have been held in Africa, the Arab States, Asia, the Latin America and Caribbean states and Europe. Global and regional meetings of mayors, development banks, city associations, NGOs and professional associations were also held. The Secretariat also reported on host country preparations, such as NGO activities and the trade fair, and described the participatory design process for preparing the Draft Global Plan of Action. Following the Secretary-General's Report, delegates made their observations.
PREPARATIONS FOR ISTANBUL: China noted that we are 13 months away from Istanbul and there is still a lot of work to be done. Ukraine said there is a need to have a draft agenda to facilitate national preparations towards Istanbul and proposed that the PrepCom should take a decision on it. India requested additional information on the guidelines for participation in the trade fair in Istanbul. China urged host countries, particularly Turkey, to provide information on logistical preparations that are being undertaken to facilitate participation. Kenya said it has not begun to make arrangements for the trade fair for lack of information. She added that small firms may not be able to participate in the meeting since it is self- financed and suggested that discussions be held on the possibility of cross-financing. In response, Turkey said registration and rules of procedure are the responsibility of the United Nations. Regarding the trade fair, an organizing company has been identified through a tendering process, and it will communicate with governments soon. A flyer providing details on the trade fair is available. The fair, located close to the Airport, plans to exhibit low cost products, services and technologies for low cost housing and construction, including financing institutions. Fifteen percent of the exhibition grounds has been set aside for the Secretariat for allocation to the least developed countries and other UN agencies. Transportation from the conference halls to the trade fair has not been finalized. Brazil noted the possible overlapping of the Dubai best practices meeting and regional preparatory meeting in Santiago, and asked the Secretariat to attend to the matter. The Secretariat replied that the Dubai meeting cannot be changed and the schedule for Santiago will likely change.
INFORMATION DISSEMINATION: Delegations also raised concerns related to information dissemination. India pointed out that useful information from the Secretariat on country preparations is often not received or is received too late. He expressed surprise at the decision in paragraph 44 of A/CONF.165/PC.2/2/Add.1, Guidelines for national preparations, moving the deadline for submission of Summary Papers from 1 August 1995 to 1 March 1995. He suggested that the previously agreed date should be retained because it is too late for the March deadline and this information was received late. He also said it is essential to keep the national steering committees informed of relevant regional meetings. The Philippines concurred and added that the Secretariat should provide governments with feedback on the relevance of the governments' work. China said more publicity on Habitat II should be done through the media and NGOs. He added that the preparations should be transparent and that all member States should be able to understand preparations at all stages, including those on the NGO conference. Ukraine said it received information late and not in Russian. He also lamented the fact that the PrepCom is not providing documentation in Russian. Sweden said that timelines for national preparatory processes should be taken into account when preparing timetables for activities relevant to Habitat II. Australia sought clarification on timetables for the progress reports and asked if the report due in September could serve as a final report. The Secretariat said September progress reports will help with final recommendations, but the final report deadline in December will not change. Finland said that the awards system for best practices must be transparent and that information on Habitat II needs wide dissemination.
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