Sentimental Value is one of this year's awards-season darlings. Nominated for nine (9) Academy Awards (one more than its Golden Globe nominations) including Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Film Editing, International Film and four lead and supporting actor/actress nods. And that's with the Grand Prix from the Cannes Film Festival on its shelf! 

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In Sentimental Value, director Joachim Trier returns with a poignant, darkly comic portrait of fractured family ties and artistic ambition. A fading film director (Stellan Skarsgård) disrupts the lives of his estranged daughters when he returns to their childhood home with plans to shoot a deeply personal biopic. 

The charismatic Gustav offers his daughter Nora, a gifted but troubled stage actress,  a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star (Elle Fanning). Suddenly, the two sisters must navigate their complicated relationship with their father -- and deal with an American star dropped right into the middle of their complex family dynamics.

Masterfully made, Sentimental Value is an intimate, moving, and often funny film about family, time, and how we sometimes need to rewrite the stories we tell about ourselves in order to survive.​

Director: Joachim Trier

Norway, Germany, Denmark, France, Sweden, United Kingdom | 2025 | 132 minutes

Language: English, Norwegian (with English subtitles)

Cast: Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Elle Fanning, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas

Distributor: Elevation Pictures