Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället) (1957)

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''The punishment is loneliness.''

After living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence.

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Ingmar Bergman has indeed done it yet again. Firstly the captivating Seventh Seal blew me away with it's masterful strokes of genius and layered themes of death; Now, Smul... read more

"If I have been feeling worried or sad during the day, I have a habit of recalling scenes from childhood to calm me. So it was this evening."

Wild Strawberries (also known by its foreign title Smultronstället) is a surreal, expressionistic creation from renowned Swedish director Ingmar Bergman. During 1957, Bergman directed two of his most celebrated masterpieces: The Seventh Seal ... read more

Old people are the joke of Hollywood. How often does one see sensitive, well rounded portrayals of elders? There was Simon Rumley's abstract indie "The Living and the Dead," with the beleaguered Roger Lloyd-Pack attempting to care for his sick wife and deranged son. There was "The Savages," "Before the Devil knows You're Dead." Or you could go back further, to Ingmar Bergman's 1957 art film "Wild ... read more

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