Sentimental Value

Two adult sisters navigate their emotional wounds and futures when their absentee father returns following the death of their mother. With Nora (Reinsve), now an actress, her filmmaker father (Skarsgård) asks her to play the lead role of his mother in the new autobiographical film he’s convinced will revive his career. Reinsve plays Nora, a successful stage actress who, along with her sister Agnes (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas), reunites with their estranged father Gustav Borg (a mesmerising Stellan Skarsgård) – a once-renowned film director planning a major comeback with a script based on his family. When Gustav offers Nora the lead role, which she promptly declines, he turns his attention to Rachel Kemp (Elle Fanning), an eager young Hollywood starlet primed for her big breakthrough… Following the success of The Worst Person in the World, Joachim Trier reunites with Renate Reinsve for this profoundly moving film – winner of the Grand Prix award at Cannes – that explores sisterhood, father-daughter relationships and the power of childhood memories. Touching, funny and cleverly contained within the walls of a well-worn family home, the film received a 19-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival in May where it won the Grand Prix. The film marked Norway's first ever Oscar win in the 'Best International Film' category