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Actors: Victor Sjöström, Ingrid Thulin, Bibi Andersson, Gunnar Björnstrand, Max Von Sydow, Gunnel Lindblom
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Wild Strawberries |
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Isak Borg, 78, has been a physician for 50 years, and is about to receive an award from Lund University for this achievement. Before leaving, he has a frightening dream about his own mortality, and falls into grave doubts about the true worth of his life. His daughter-in-law Marianne, estranged from his son Evald, decides to ride with him from Stockholm to Lund. During the trip Isak visits his place of birth, picks up a battling married couple stranded by a car crash, meets a lovely young hitchhiker who reminds him of his first love Sara (both parts are played by Andersson), and comes to terms with his heretofore cold and solitary life. The film also depicts the development of his inner life through other dreams. Ingmar Bergman wrote and directed this film in 1957. Veteran Swedish film director Sjostrom does a magnificent acting job in the lead role; the supporting women are excellent; and young Max von Sydow may be glimpsed as a gas station attendant. Slow, stately, and very thought-provoking.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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WILD STRAWBERRIES is a movie written and directed by Ingmar Bergman in 1957. Academy Award in the Best Screenplay Written directly for the Screen category. Golden Berlin Bear for Ingmar Bergman.
Isak Borg is 76 years old. He has lived a self-centered life and stays now alone with Agda, an old servant. In the company of Marianne, his daughter-in-law, he decides to drive through the country. This journey through swedish forests will also be a journey through memories for the old man. A couple of hitch-hikers he accepts to give a lift to makes him remember of his childhood, when he was in love with his cousin Sara. A frank Marianne tells him that in fact noboby loves him because of his coldness, even his son is hating him. When Isak borg finally arrives at Lund, he will be changed and ready to live a new life or... to die.
Superb movie from the swedish Master. Bibi Andersson plays two characters. A must.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Family, struggling with
Yes
Struggle with:
- Father
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Struggle with
- learns to be more sensitive
- (General) search for meaning/identity
Road trip
Yes
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- Scandinavian
Culture of surrounding area:
- Scandinavian
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- doctor
Age:
- 60's-90's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Scandinavian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Scandinavian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Scandinavia
Forest?
Yes
Misc setting
- scientific labs
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- spiritual
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Check here if B&W
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Scandinavian
Subtitles?
- Yes
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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