spiritual, of realization, recollection, and redemption. However, its female characters, namely Marianne and the Sarahs of both generations, play an integral part in Isak’s transformation. Other movies we viewed from this era, specifically Au Hasard Balthazar and La Strada, tended towards victimization of female characters, from sexual assault to unhealthy dependencies. However, Wild Strawberries shies away simultaneously from those trope and the feminist stereotype of bra-burning, man-hating liberationism
I'm guessing the power of his films will grow the more that I see and get used to what my man Bobby is trying to say. Or maybe I just like Italy better than France. Regardless, I shall press on with Bresson! Next up on my Bresson-a-thon: Au Hasard Balthazar, the donkey movie I described above. Works Cited Wikipedia.org