Pelle Hvenegaard is perfect as the boy who Max Von Sydow brings to Denmark in the hope of finding work - unfortunately, he's a weak man, we learn fairly early on, and the boy has to forge ahead in the world in his own way, ultimately rejecting what's around him for a better life - in America, or so he dreams.
And this comes about through various incidents that confront the couple, including a shipwreck, class bullies, a fair and the castration of the farm owner. Well, he did have sex with his niece, who's only The Killing's Sofie Gråbøl!
Sympathetically lit by Jörgen Persson and scored by Stefan Nilsson.
It was the second film in one day featuring wild strawberries and milk. Max is wonderful too, as a bit of a shambling failure.
Won the Palme D'Or and the Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film.
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