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May 28, 2026 – “Wild Strawberries”: An Old Man Looks Back
Ingmar Bergman’s early masterpiece is not your average road movie
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In early 1957, Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman should have been riding high on the success of his light comedy, “Smiles of a Summer Night” (1955), and dark drama, “The Seventh Seal” (1957).
Yet his personal life was a mess, his third marriage in trouble due to his extended affair with Bibi Andersson, a member of his stock company who’d first appeared in “Smiles”.
The accumulated stress in Bergman’s life led to severe gastric issues, requiring a hospital stay where he started writing one of his most beloved works: “Wild Strawberries” (1957).
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