Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden 1957, 92 min.)

Traveling to accept an honorary degree, Professor Isak Borg—masterfully played by veteran director Victor Sjöström—is forced to face his past, come to terms with his faults, and make peace with the inevitability of his approaching death. Through flashbacks and fantasies, dreams and nightmares, Wild Strawberries dramatizes one man’s remarkable voyage of self-discovery. This richly humane masterpiece, full of iconic imagery that evokes artists including Salvador Dalí, Edvard Munch, and William Hogarth, is a treasure from the golden age of art-house cinema and one of the films that catapulted Ingmar Bergman to international acclaim.

Reviews:

“One of Bergman's warmest, and therefore finest films.” 

--Time Out

“One of the truly outstanding works of post-war European cinema.”

--BBC

“A wonderfully composed movie in which Ingmar Bergman is able to vary the tone from melancholy to gaiety in the most deeply satisfying way.”

--The Guardian

“A richly rewarding expedition into the labyrinth of the soul... A gem.”

--Newsweek

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