Sentimental Value
Opens November 20, 2025
Stellan Skarsgård and Renate Reinsve lead an incomparable cast in Joachim Trier’s moving drama about a director’s bid to revive his career and repair his family’s broken bonds.
The winner of the Grand Prix at this year’s Cannes festival, Sentimental Value portrays the myriad repercussions of a once-great filmmaker’s effort to recapture his past glory. A man who’s always prioritized his work, Gustav Borg (Stellan Skarsgård) is long estranged from his daughters Nora (Renate Reinsve), a gifted stage actress, and the more grounded Agnes (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas), now immersed in family life years after performing in one of her father’s most revered movies. He finds a surprising source of support after a Hollywood star, Rachel Kemp (Elle Fanning) discovers his films at a festival retrospective. As preparation for Gustav’s new movie begins with Rachel in the role that Nora had rejected, the uniquely personal nature of his script — based on a tragedy that took place in the house that remains central to the Borgs’ lives — draws the family members together again in ways they could not predict. With its extraordinary performances and wealth of insight as the story of a family struggling and confronting the price of living for one’s art, Trier’s screenplay with long-time collaborator Eskil Vogt brings the best out of the formidable duo of Skarsgård and Reinsve, while also elicitint comparably exquisite turns by Fanning and Lilleaas.
- Director: Joachim Trier
- Principal Cast: Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgard, Elle Fanning, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas
- Country: Norway
- Year: 2025
- Running Time: 135 min.
- Producer: Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
- Screenplay: Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt
- Cinematographers: Kasper Tuxen Andersen
- Editors: Olivier Bugge Coutté
- Music: Hania Rani
- Awards: Cannes 2025 (Grand Prix)
- Filmography: The Worst Person In the World (2021), Oslo, August 31st (2011), Reprise (2006)
- Language: English, Norwegian, Swedish
- Has Subtitles: Yes
- US Distributor: NEON
- International Sales: mk2