Review of Wild Strawberries (2012) by Joe L — 14 Jan 2010
Ingmar bergman's answer to kurasawa's 'ikiru.' both films ask the same essential question: after a judgmental life of toil, how does one make peace with inner guilt? the film is a meditation on the shifting generational pain of love, relationships, and family.
the elderly protagonist embarks on a road trip with his daughter-in-law, who tells him that he is cold, unfeeling, and that she has never liked him. as they encounter the locales of his past, he comes to terms with the events in his life that led him to become the man she perceives.
every person encountered on the trip is an echo of someone he once was, or once loved, and through a series of flashbacks and vivid, accessibly-symbolic dreams he is able to alter his course. raises the concept that hell, metaphysical place or not, is to die without first earning redemption or forgiveness from loved ones.
This review of Wild Strawberries (2012) was written by Joe L on 14 Jan 2010.
Wild Strawberries has generally received positive reviews.
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