A daughter of a poor painter Lydia (by charismatic Karin Franz Körlof) and aspiring journalist Arvid (Sverrir Gudnason) fall madly in love. They cannot refrain from each other, yet one marries a daughter of a rich man, and the other marries an elderly wealthy businessman after the death of her father. None of them are happy in their marital lives as they long for one another. Yet once the meet again, it seems that their love affair is impossible. It is a passionate love story about our desires and the price we';re ready to pay for them. Film is an adaptation of Hjalmar Soderberg's novel "The Serious Game".
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 55 min.
- Country, year
- Denmark, Sweden, Norway, 2016
- Genre
- Drama, Romance
- Language
- Swedish
- Subtitles
- English, Lithuanian
- Age rating
- Pegi 13
Credits
- Director
- Pernilla August
- Producers
- Fredrik Heinig, Patrik Andersson, Frida Bargo
- Cast
- Michael Nyqvist, Sverrir Gudnason, Mikkel Boe Følsgaa
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Director
Pernilla August
Pernilla August is one of the most important Swedish actresses and has been awarded the Palm for the Best Actress in the film The Best intentions (Den Goda Viljan)(1992) by Ingmar Bergman. Her feature length director's debut Beyond (Svinalangorna)(2010) was awarded Best Director award in the Swedish Guldbagge.
