18 November 2006
Stairway to Heaven

The following film lineup unreels starting 1:00 pm:

  1. Wild Strawberries
  2. The Funeral
  3. After Life

For its monthly film dialogue on November 18, 2006 (3rd Saturday), Pelikula@Titusbrandsma presents

Wild Strawberries / Smultronstället
Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1957.
91 minutes.

The film that catapulted Bergman to the forefront of world cinema is the director's richest, most humane movie. Traveling to receive an honorary degree, Professor Isak Borg (masterfully played by the veteran Swedish director Victor Sjöström), is forced to face his past, come to terms with his faults, and accept the inevitability of his approaching death. Through flashbacks and fantasies, dreams and nightmares, Wild Strawberries captures a startling voyage of self-discovery and renewed belief in mankind. “Wild Strawberries” is included in the book “1001 Movies You Should See Before You Die”.

1960 Oscar Awards for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen Ingmar Bergman (nom.). 1959 BAFTA Awards - Best Film from any Source (Sweden) (won), Best Foreign Actor Victor Sjöström (Sweden) (nom.). 1958 Berlin International Film Festival - Golden Berlin Bear (won) and FIPRESCI Prize - Victor Sjöström for the body of his works and his performance in the movie (won). 1959 Bodil Awards -Bodil Best European Film (Bedste europæiske film) (won). 1960 Golden Globes, USA - Best Foreign Film, Together with Orfeu Negro (1959), Kagi (1959), Brücke, Die (1959) and Wir Wunderkinder (1958). (won). 1960 Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists - Silver Ribbon Best Director - Foreign Film (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero) (won). 1963 Kinema Junpo Awards - Best Foreign Language Film (won). 1959 Mar del Plata Film Festival - Best Actor (won), Best Film (won). 1959 National Board of Review, USA - Best Actor (won), Best Foreign Film (won). 1958 Venice Film Festival -Italian Film Critics Awards Parallel Sections (won)