Perhaps, as the opening suggests, this is a man who has shied away from intimate contact, whose coldness drove his unhappy late wife into the arms of another and who has approached life solely on his own (egotistic) terms leading to loneliness. What I found quite difficult to understand was how Isak is supposed to be this cold-hearted rationalist Sjostrom's touching depiction makes this troubled old man quite endearing (viz the young travelling companions affection for him). Why? Perhaps because it reminds them of a time of lost innocence. Is it slightly deceiving, a cop-out that Borg finds peace at the sight of his father and mother, 'the point before betrayal, before the messiness of life' intervenes as another reviewer stated? Well, I think it's commonly accepted that most people, as they grow older, tend to remember more from their past & childhoods. Isak Borg reflecting upon his life, and moved by the final emotional scenes where he achieves an inner peace. I was touched by Victor Sjostrom's performance as the elderly Prof. It's about an inner journey about one man's subjective state of mind as he sees nostalgic memories of childhood & lost love (regret), surreal visions of denial (mortality) and unsettling weird dreams which hint at a self-awareness and truth that he cannot face in reality. Even after a 2nd viewing! 'Wild Strawberries' deals with the past, memories & regrets. They are almost like cinematic art forms, meditations on life and its meanings but, like many works of art, they can be obscure, challenging and demand patience to understand their underlying subtexts. Open Midsummer Day 9 am - 17 pm.Bergman's films, to state the blindingly obvious, are the complete antithesis of the mindcandy (A Beautiful Mind) presented to cinemagoers in sterile multiplexes. Open from 10 am - 22 pm.Ĭafé Syltrutan, Grundsund is a perfect picnic spot on Midsummer Day, serving fantastic homemade cakes. Joel's Brygga, Brygghuset Fiskebäckskil opens for the summer season on this Midsummer Day. Prepare to be patient and take your time. Just be aware that it will be looong queues for ferries Finnsbo - Skår this day. Midsummer Day June 25Ĭruising in Lysekil - a classic for all car enthusiasts.Ī Family party with funfair, rockabilly music and many well-polished cars. Flowers gratefully received! At 15 pm there will be dancing around the maypole and games. Rödbergsvik, ÖstersidanĪt 10 am dressing of the paypole. At 15 pm the dancing begins with a lottery as well. Midsummer celebration starts at 9 am with dressing the maypole. Rågårdsviks Pensionat serves midsummer dinner in the evening. The village community begins to dress the maypole at 10 am and at 16 pm the dancing starts with music and song by Annika Dahlberg. In Rågårdsvik Midsummer's Eve is celbrated in the garden of Rågårdsviks Pensionat. Smultron & Tång in Grundsund is open on Midsummer's Eve from 12 pm and here you can enjoy a three-course lunch before the midsummer dancing around the maypole begins.Ĭafé Syltrutan, Grundsund serves homemade and amazing cakes. Music, song and of course dancing around the maypole. The midsummer celebration starts at 16 pm. Västra Kajen, GrundsundĬelebrations in Grundsund take place on the Western quay outside restaurant "Smultron & Tång". In the evening you can enjoy a barbecue buffet 18 pm - 21 pm. Gullmarstrand, Fiskebäckskil have Lunch with herring and salad buffet at 12 pm - 16 pm and a cake buffet served 15 pm - 17 pm. Traditional celebrations in Bökevik, Fiskebäckskil organized by Sjöstjärnan begins at 10 am dressing the maypole and at 14 pm there will be dancing and games. Another custom is that young maidens expect to dream of their future mate if they pick seven different flowers and place them under their pillow when they go to bed on this day only. Common in all of Sweden are traditional ring dances, mostly in the form of dances where you are alternating dancing and making movements and gestures based on the songs, such as pretending that you are scrubbing laundry while singing about washing, or jumping as frogs during the song "Små grodorna" ("The little frogs"). The traditions surrounding the maypoles vary locally, as does the design of the poles, although the design featuring a cross and two rings is most common nowadays. In sweden the maypole is usually called a midsummer pole, midsommarstång, as it appears at the Midsummer celebrations, although the literal translation majstång also occurs, were the word maj refers to the old Swedish word maja which means dress and not to the month of May.
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