Sentimental Value

Directed by Joachim Trier
Norway
2025
135 mins
Winner of the Cannes Grand Prix. Joachim Trier and Renate Reinsve reunite following The Worst Person in the World (SFF 2021) in this intimate family drama about the power of art. Stellan Skarsgård and Elle Fanning also contribute to an excellent ensemble cast.

The always superb Reinsve (Armand, SFF 2024) plays Nora Borg, an accomplished stage actress experiencing deep anxiety about performing. When she and her sister Agnes are reunited with their estranged father, the once-revered director Gustav (Skarsgård), he asks Nora to take the lead role in a new, deeply personal film – his comeback, he hopes. With Gustav having abandoned his family decades prior, Nora angrily declines his artistic overtures. He instead casts eager Hollywood star Rachel Kemp (Fanning), and begins work on the ambitious and risky film. But filial connections run deep, and the personal and the artistic intersect in ways that transcend the practicalities of creation. Profound, funny and deeply moving, Sentimental Value finds Trier at the height of his considerable directorial powers.

Uncommonly rich in emotional rewards... The movie’s poignancy accumulates gradually, every supple turn expertly modulated as the presence of generations past becomes more tangible.
David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter

Tickets

  • Program Strand
  • Year
    2025
  • Classification
    Unclassified 15+
  • Country
    Norway, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, France
  • Language
    In English, Norwegian and Swedish with English subtitles
  • Director
    Joachim Trier
  • Producer
    Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
  • Cast
    Renate Reinsve, Elle Fanning, Stellan Skarsgård
  • Screenwriter
    Eskil Vogt
  • Cinematographer
    Kasper Tuxen
  • Editor
    Olivier Bugge Coutté
  • Genre
  • Premiere
    Australian Premiere
  • Company Credits
    Australian Distributor: Madman Entertainment
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