Victor Sjöström sensitively plays an ageing medical man who gradually thaws en route to receive an award - partly down to his dreams of his past, and his encounters with his daughter-in-law Ingrid Thulin and a young hitchhiker, Bibi Andersson.
Some of the dreams - a clock with no hands, Sjöström seeing his own body in a coffin - are shot very high contrast by Gunnar Fischer, whilst the flashbacks have a grey softness.
A beautiful film, in image and theme.
Max von Sydow is a friendly petrol station owner.
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