Made in 1957, Wild Strawberries finds the great Swedish director Ingmar Bergman at the height of his powers. It's a road movie, in effect: an aged medical professor (Victor Sjöström)--lonely, disillusioned and haunted by dreams of death--travels across country to receive an honorary degree. But as with all good road movies, the outer journey parallels an inner one. Incidents along the road conjure up memories, and Professor Borg finds himself forced to confront the failures and lost opportunities of his life. Gentle and elegiac, Bergman's film is a masterpiece of compassion... and reconciliation, and also a tribute to his predecessor Sjöström, the greatest Swedish director of the silent era. The 78-year-old film maker gives an austere, moving performance, and Bergman treats his lined features like a landscape of yearning and regret. Sjöström is ably supported by other members of Bergman's regular repertory company of the period, particularly Bibi Andersson, heartbreakingly appealing, as the lost love of Borg's youth. --Philip Kemp [show more]
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Ingmar Bergman's highly influencial philosophical roadmovie. 'Wild Strawberries' charts the journey of aged Professor Isak Borg (Victor Sjostrom) as he travels by car to his old alma mater, where he is to receive an honorary degree. Accompanied by his daughter-in-law, Marianne (Ingrid Thulin) who is travelling to meet her estranged husband, the Professor finds himself the subject of unsettling visions from his past, recalling lost loves and his own failed marriage. As the pair are interrupted by a youthful love triangle and a feuding older couple Isak is forced to confront his own coldness, and the possibility that his life has been wasted.
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The film that catapulted Ingmar Bergman to the forefront of world cinema is the director&39;s richest most humane movie Traveling to receive an honorary degree professor Isak Borg (masterfully played by the veteran Swedish director Victor Sjostrom) is forced to face his past come to terms with his faults and accept his approaching death Through flashbacks and fantasies dreams and nightmares Wild Strawberries captures a startling voyage of self-discovery and renewed belief in mankind Actors Ingrid Thulin Bibi Andersson Victor Sjostrom Gunnar Bjornstrand & Jullan KindahlDirector Ingmar BergmanCertificate PGYear 1957Screen Fullscreen 43Languages Sweden - Dolby Digital (20) MonoSubtitles EnglishDuration 1 hour and 31 minutes (approx)
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