![]() The rest of his immediate family has died. His mother is dangerously close to one hundred years old. His daughter-in-law (Thulin) is cold to him, blaming him for making her husband the spitting image of Isak’s pompousness and fussiness. His son is distant. His only real bond of affection appears to be with his housekeeper, who won’t let him call her by her name without “Miss” in front of it, for fear of people talking. Isak Borg (Sjostrom), a successful doctor being honored for his fifty years in the profession by his university, has lived isolated from seemingly everyone for goodness knows how many years. We are forced to confront ourselves and our pasts only when they are placed directly in front of us and we are told, “Look!” More than anything, I find this message at the heart of Wild Strawberries, and it is a heart that is alternately warm and cold, rapid and slow. ![]() ![]() ![]() Starring Victor Sjostrom, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin ![]()
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