Games of Love and Loneliness (Den allvarsamma leken)

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Summer 1897. Arvid, a young journalist, and Lydia, the daughter of a painter, fall madly in love. But Arvid comes from a lower social class, and the two lovers must enter into marriages of convenience. Ten years later, they find each other again... But the world has changed, and Lydia feels torn between her hard-won freedom and her first love. (lf) "The character of young Lydia embodies all those contradictions faced by women at the end of the 19th century – contradictions that are still relevant today. Under the guise of a classic historical drama, Anja Breien traces the development of a woman over a period of fifteen years: from paralyzing shyness through youthful passion to her relative emancipation after an unhappy marriage. She skillfully develops Hjalmar Söderberg's novel 'The Serious Game' into a magnificent portrait." (Marceau Aidan, Jeune Cinéma, May 2004) Participants and additional information: Director: Anja Breien Screenplay: Per Blom, Bengt Forslund, Anja Breien Author: Hjalmar Söderberg Cinematography: Erling Thurmann-Andersen Editing: Edith Toreg Cast: Lil Terselius (Lydia Stille), Stefan Ekman (Arvid Stjärnblom), Katarina Gustafsson (Dagmar Randel), Chatarina Larsson (Marta Brehm), Birgitta Andersson (Hilma Randel), Hans Alfredson (Freutiger), Allan Edwall (Markel), Ernst Günther (Jacob Randel), Peter Schildt (Lidner), Stig Ossian Ericson (Rissler), Palle Granditsky (Anders Stille), Erland Josephson (Doncker)