Wild Strawberries
One of Ingmar Bergman’s most acclaimed and influential films, about the elderly professor Isak Berg, who relives his past during a trip to Lund to receive his honorary doctorate.
Professor Isak Borg—masterfully portrayed by filmmaker and actor Victor Sjöström—travels to Lund to receive an honorary doctorate. Along the way, he is forced to confront his past, come to terms with his mistakes, and make peace with the inevitability of his approaching death.
Through flashbacks and fantasies, dreams and nightmares, Wild Strawberries dramatizes one man’s remarkable journey toward self-discovery. The film is a melancholic road movie about regret, forgiveness, and the longing for humanity. This richly human masterpiece, filled with iconic imagery, is one of Ingmar Bergman’s most acclaimed and influential films.
