Professor Isak Borg – masterfully played by the experienced filmmaker and actor Victor Sjöström – travels to Lund to receive an honorary doctorate. Along the way, he is forced to face his past, come to terms with his mistakes, and make peace with the inevitability of his approaching death.
Through flashbacks and fantasies, dreams and nightmares, Wild Strawberries dramatizes one man's remarkable journey toward self-discovery. The film is a melancholic road movie about regret, forgiveness, and the longing for humanity. This richly human masterpiece full of iconic images is one of Ingmar Bergmans's most acclaimed and influential films.