"The film reunites Trier with Renate Reinsve, a Norwegian actress whose performance in " The Worst Person in the World " earned her the award for Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival; as a theater actress revisiting old wounds, her performance-opposite that of Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas as her younger sister-distills the kind of agonized emotional clarity that has governed Trier's recent work."
"For Trier, the film is deeply personal; his maternal grandfather, Erik Løchen, worked as both a jazz musician and one of Norway's better-known filmmakers, and his presence is directly felt in "Sentimental Value" through the voiceover narration of Bente Børsum, who appeared in Løchen's "The Hunt," as well as through the film's extended exploration of filmmakers channeling angst through their work."
Sentimental Value is a profoundly moving portrait of a family confronting painful memories rooted in their ancestral home. The narrative centers on two sisters—Renate Reinsve as a theater actress revisiting old wounds and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas as her younger sister—whose performances distill agonized emotional clarity. Stellan Skarsgård plays Gustav Borg, a once-celebrated filmmaker attempting to repair bonds while revisiting his own fraught familial past, including his mother's suicide during World War II. The film draws directly from Trier's personal lineage through his grandfather Erik Løchen and uses Bente Børsum's voiceover to connect to cinematic history. Themes of time, love, identity, memory, and filmmaking's role in channeling angst are central.
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