Sentimental Value
January 22 & 23
Director: Joachim Trier
Cast: Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning
Year of Release: 2025
Genre: Drama / Comedy-Drama
Country: Norway
Language: Norwegian (with some English & other languages)
Run Time: 133 min
Distributor: NEON (North American rights)
Two sisters, Nora and Agnes, are jolted back into their painful childhood when their estranged father, Gustav — once a celebrated film director — resurfaces with a film project. Nora, a stage actress, rejects the role he offers her. Instead, he casts a Hollywood star in her place. As the sisters navigate their anger and betrayal, long-buried family trauma resurfaces. The film becomes a tense unraveling of memory, grief, ambition, and the question of whether art can heal — or further fracture — broken bonds.
Top Reviews:
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“A stunning, emotionally layered drama — couples family wreckage and artistic desire with brutal honesty, and its final scenes linger long after the credits.”
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“Powerful performances and a slowly building tension make ‘Sentimental Value’ feel like family therapy captured on film, unpredictable and deeply human.”
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“Joachim Trier delivers a masterclass in tone — heartbreaking and delicate but never sentimental; the film’s restraint is its strength.”