Wild Strawberries | Far Out! Film Night
Tue, 28 Jul
|Dome Cinema and Bar
1957 Swedish road drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman.
Time & Location
28 Jul 2026, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Dome Cinema and Bar, 38 Childers Road, Gisborne 4010, New Zealand
About the event
An egotistical Professor Isak Borg is a widowed 78-year-old physician who sets out on a long car ride from Stockholm to Lund to be awarded by Lund University. He is accompanied by his pregnant daughter-in-law, Marianne, who does not much like her father-in-law and is planning to separate from her husband.
During the trip, Isak is forced by nightmares and daydreams to reevaluate his life. He meets a series of hitchhikers, each of whom sets off dreams or reveries into Borg's troubled past.
Bergman wrote the screenplay while hospitalised. Exploring philosophical themes such as introspection and human existence, Wild Strawberries received wide positive domestic reception upon release. It is often considered to be one of Bergman's best films, as well as one of the greatest films ever made.
In Swedish with English subtitles
Doors from 5.30 pm
Screening at 6.30 pm