Winner of the Cannes Grand Prix. Joachim Trier and Renate Reinsve reunite following The Worst Person in the World (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, 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.

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CTC

Duration

132 MINS