Wild Strawberries (digital restoration)
Professor Isak Borg (brilliantly portrayed by Victor Sjöström) travels to the university to accept an honorary doctorate. During the car ride, he relives his youth through flashbacks, dreams, and nightmares.
A field of wild strawberries brings back memories of Sara (Bibi Andersson), the girl he once fell in love with. Along the way, his daughter-in-law Marianne (Ingrid Thulin) confronts him, telling him that his selfishness and emotional coldness shaped her husband and ruined their marriage. According to Bergman, Borg’s sin is that he never asked for forgiveness from those he hurt. Bergman made the film while he himself was trying to make peace with his parents. This deeply felt masterpiece in stunning black-and-white is also a tribute to his idol Sjöström, Sweden’s greatest director before Bergman. Winner of the Golden Bear in Berlin and a Golden Globe, and nominated for an Oscar.
