A love story that takes 20 years to fall apart. Scandinavian emotional devastation awaits.
In the 1910s, journalist Arvid Stjärnblom and painter's daughter Lydia Stille fall in love with each other.
Acting
Körlof's face does what scripts can't.
Direction
August frames longing like a still life painting.
Cinematography
Every room feels like a cage with nice wallpaper.
Director
Pernilla August
Sverrir Gudnason
Arvid Stjärnblom
Karin Franz Körlof
Lydia Stille
Liv Mjönes
Dagmar Randel
Michael Nyqvist
Markel
Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
Carl Lidner
Sven Nordin
Markus Roslin
Göran Ragnerstam
Anders Stille
Richard Forsgren
Lovén
Petronella Barker
Mrs Von Rosen
Ia Langhammer
Mrs Randel
Alba August
Alma
Sofia Rönnegård
Harriet
Staffan Göthe
Stjärnblom
Sophie Tolstoy
Miss Zeijlon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pernilla August is Ingmar Bergman's daughter, and yes, the inherited bleakness shows.
Based on Hjalmar Bergman's 1912 novel, considered Sweden's Great Gatsby of repressed affairs.
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