The place where I used to live as a child~ There is a piece of wild strawberry

Desiree 2022-09-30 08:20:01

Wild Strawberry is well known as a road film, which mainly tells a warm story of the male protagonist recalling his past life experiences on the road and changing his heart. After watching it, many people will feel that the director will be amazed when he uses various interweaving techniques between dream and reality, and then between heart and reality to express it in front of our eyes.

The director uses this method to present a person's inner world completely in front of us, allowing us to understand the protagonist's character, personal experience, and his true inner thoughts, to complete the shaping process of a living person. Putting the audience in it, it's a textbook example of a movie.

The feelings that three lovely young people and the male protagonist meet on the road bring to the male protagonist, and the complex feelings between the male protagonist and his son. The love between son and daughter-in-law. And the male protagonist's various feelings about love and marriage. The male protagonist's feelings towards the nanny. Relationship between middle-aged couples. Love triangle between three young people. The relationship between the protagonist and the mother. Although this movie is only an hour and a half, he gave us all kinds of emotions and let us feel it together.

And why is this film called Wild Strawberry instead of "The End of the Road" or something related to "Road" or "Death", "Emotions" and "Dream", but to Wild Strawberry?

Wild strawberries represent more than just the story of the fiancee. The wild strawberry represents: the place where the male protagonist lived as a child was the place where the wild strawberry grew, and the wild strawberry is also the childhood memory of the male protagonist.

Plot: The male protagonist is a very old doctor who is going to pick up the school the next day to receive a certificate of honor. On that night, the male protagonist had a strange dream. In the dream, the male protagonist dreams of a watch without needles, a face condensed together and himself coming out of a coffin. After the dream, the male protagonist prepares to drive to the school by himself to receive the honorary medal. While driving, the male protagonist recalled the past, confided his heart to his daughter-in-law, returned to his hut when he was young, and recalled a story of his fiancee when he was young. The male protagonist met three young men in the back. I met another middle-aged couple on the road, which reminded the male protagonist when he was young and middle-aged. After a brief reunion with his mother, the male protagonist had another strange dream. In the end, the male protagonist reached a certain way of reconciliation with himself. The male protagonist changed himself from a stubborn old man to a loving old man who cherishes the moment.

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Wild Strawberries quotes

  • Dr. Evald Borg: It's absurd to bring children into this world and think they'll be better off than we were.

    Marianne Borg: That's just an excuse.

    Dr. Evald Borg: Call it what you want. I was an unwanted child in a hellish marriage.

  • Marianne Borg: You're a coward.

    Dr. Evald Borg: Yes. This life sickens me. I will not be forced to take on a responsibility that will make me live for one day longer than I want to. And you know that I mean what I say.