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Mood:
- ContemplativeTouchingAtmosphericGloomy
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Plot:
- Golden YearsHuman NatureIntrospectionPsychologicalRedemptionSelf DiscoveryElderlyHopes more...
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Genres:
- DramaForeign
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Time/Period:
- 1900s20th Century
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Place:
- EuropeSweden
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- Award WinnerClassicCritically AcclaimedEssentialMasterpieceBerlin Festival WinnerPrestigious Awards
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- EpisodicNonlinearOn the RoadVoice OverSurreal
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- SeriousRealisticSlow
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- B&W
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Wild Strawberries, 1957
Swedish, Latin
Sweden
Profile of Wild Strawberries
The mood of Wild Strawberries is contemplative, touching, and gloomy. The plot centers around the golden years, redemption, and introspection. It is a drama and foreign movie. Stylistically, Wild Strawberries is nonlinear, is episodic, and is surreal. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. Wild Strawberries is set in Sweden. It happens in the 1900s. Visually, it is black and white. Wild Strawberries is known for being a Berlin festival winner, a classic, and a masterpiece.
Summary of Wild Strawberries
WILD STRAWBERRIES is among Ingmar Bergman's most rich and contemplative films, a lyrical reflection on guilt and disappointment in the form of a spiritual journey. The movie stars Victor Sjöström as Professor Isak Borg, an elderly academic who takes a trip by car from Stockholm to Lund to receive an honorary university degree, accompanied by his daughter-in-law (Ingrid Thulin). Along the way, they meet various passengers who seem to be weighed down by unresolved ethical dilemmas. Meanwhile, Borg's own existential crisis is triggered by dreams and memories in which he is confronted with past disappointments, missed opportunities, and troubled personal relationships with those close to him--his son (Gunnar Björnstrand), his mother (Naima Wifstrand), and his late wife (Gertrud Fridh). The film features stunning imagery, most notably in the flashback, dream, and nightmare sequences, as well as an outstanding final film performance by Sjöström (who is also a famed Swedish director of the silent era).
This film was released soon after THE SEVENTH SEAL, which had earned Bergman accolades from film critics and moviegoers the world over. Though similarly challenging and philosophically complex, WILD STRAWBERRIES is often considered the more accessible of the two movies because of its ultimate warmth and affirmation of life.
Details
| Language: | Swedish, Latin |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Release date: | 22 June 1959 |
| Runtime: | 91 min |
Cast and Crew
as Dr. Isak Borg
as Sara
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