Sentimental Value – A Reel Alternatives Film

Grand Prix winner, Cannes (2025) 
A record eight Golden Globe (2026) nominations (Best Drama, Director, Screenplay, plus acting nods for Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Elle Fanning, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas) 

In Sentimental Value, 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. As old wounds resurface, Nora (Renate Reinsve), a celebrated actress battling anxiety, and Agnes, a steady but scarred mother, must confront the legacy of abandonment, art, and emotional manipulation.

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