"Sentimental Value, her second major collaboration with The Worst Person in the World director Joachim Trier, is a beautifully crafted drama with an elegant lens on familial strife. The film stars Reinsve as Nora, a stage actress whose mum has just died after a long illness; Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas as little sister Agnes, a constant source of comfort to Nora despite their wildly differing natures; and Stellan Skarsgård as their absentee dad, Gustav, an acclaimed film director."
"The drama unfolds when Gustav arrives at the family home on the day of his ex-wife's funeral. It soon transpires he has another reason for coming: a screenplay he's written about his own mum, a resistance member during the war who later took her own life, that he wants Nora to play in. When she refuses, he offers the part to an American actress, Rachel Kemp (Elle Fanning), who comes to Oslo in preparation for the role."
Renate Reinsve, 38, has been thinking a lot about family and how holiday gatherings rapidly revert people to childhood dynamics. Sentimental Value is her second major collaboration with director Joachim Trier and centers on Nora, a stage actress grieving a mother who died after a long illness. Nora's younger sister Agnes offers steady comfort while their acclaimed, absentee father Gustav returns on the day of the funeral. Gustav brings a screenplay about his own mother and wants Nora to play the lead; when she refuses he hires an American actress. The screenplay raises questions about memory, performance, reconciliation, and self-interest.
Read at AnOther
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]