Schön ist die Jugendzeit (1995)

Schön ist die Jugendzeit: Directed by Bo Widerberg. With Johan Widerberg, Marika Lagercrantz, Tomas von Brömssen, Karin Huldt. Malmö, Sweden during the Second World War. Stig is a 15 year old pupil on the verge of adulthood. Viola is 37 years old and his teacher. He is attracted by her beauty and maturity. 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 he understands that he has a relationship with his wife. but does nothing to prevent it. But Stig and Viola’s passionate and forbidden relationship will have consequences they never could have expected.

“Watched this movie for the second time and it is a movie that stays a long time in your thoughts. The acting was splendid and third-dimensional. Also, no-one was wholly black or white, all had redeeming features and contributed to a wonderful depiction of the mores of that time.”