Original title: Smultronstället
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Victor Sjöström, Ingrid Thulin, Bibi Andersson, Gunner Björnstrand
Sweden 1957 | Black & white | 91min | Drama
Avaliable on: DCP
One of Bergman's warmest films, Wild Strawberries boasts a magnificent performance by Sjöström as the ageing, grouchy academic driving to Lund to accept an award; the trip also traverses memories, reveries and illuminating encounters with family members and strangers alike. Famous for its early dream sequence, the film is nevertheless most impressive for its rich, vivid characterisations from a suberb cast of Bergman regulars. (Geoff Andrew)
As part of the global celebrations of the centenary of Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007), the BFI will be making many of his films available on DCP for theatrical bookings in 2018. See full list of films here.