Four years after his Oscar-nominated gem The Worst Person in the World, filmmaker Joachim Trier reunites with his breakout star Renate Reinsve for a penetrating study of a dysfunctional artistic family. Winning the Grand Prix at Cannes, Sentimental Value tells the story of Nora (Reinsve), an acclaimed actress who has long been estranged from her father Gustav (Stellan Skarsgård), a once-renowned director who walked out of her life when she was a child—but now wants her to star in his new film, a painfully autobiographical family drama. Trier’s astute ensemble piece also features Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas as Nora’s kid sister Agnes, who chose a more contented, stable life away from the arts, and Elle Fanning, who plays a rising star interested in the role in Gustav’s film that he wrote for Nora. This tearjerking, often witty, exploration of depression and generational conflict pinpoints the challenges of transforming personal pain into creative expression, resulting in another Trier triumph. —Tim Grierson
Joachim Trier
Norwegian director and screenwriter Joachim Trier made his feature debut with Reprise (2006), for which he won the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival’s directing and Don Quijote prizes. That was followed byOslo, August 31st (2011), the winner of Best Direction at Norway’s Amanda Awards; Louder Than Bombs (2015), for which Trier won his second Best Direction Amanda; Thelma (2017); The Other Munch(2018), a documentary; andThe Worst Person in the World(2021), winner of a British Independent Film Award for Best International Independent Film and a double Oscar® nominee for Best International Feature Film and Best Original Screenplay.
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