"Joachim Trier's "Sentimental Value,", probably the most spectacularly European film of the past year, has, quite appropriately, swept the 38th European Film Awards (EFA), held in Berlin January 17. The quietly devastating Norwegian melodrama won the so-called "big five,", taking best film, best director for Trier, both best acting honors for Stellan Skarsgard and Renate Reinsve, for playing an estranged father and daughter as well best screenplay and best score."
"Skarsgard plays Gustav Borg, an aging, once-great film director who left his wife and two children in pursuit of artistic glory. Returning home, he tries to reconnect. But he has an ulterior motive. His oldest daughter Nora (Reinsve) is now a famous actress. He's written a script for her and hopes her fame will help get the movie financed. He based her character on his own mother, who committed suicide when he was a child."
"Critics have compared it the movie to the work of Ingmar Bergman and Federico Fellini. Put "Sentimental Value" on a shelf next to the films of those European masters, and it wouldn't look out of place. Visually, Trier evokes the history of cinema. Flashback scenes tracing the history of the Borg family are shot using old lenses and film stock; 16 mm, hand-cranked black-and-white footage for 1920s scenes gives way to the handheld jitters of New Hollywood for the 1970s."
Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value swept the 38th European Film Awards, claiming best film, best director, best acting for Stellan Skarsgard and Renate Reinsve, best screenplay and best score. Stellan Skarsgard portrays Gustav Borg, an aging, once-great director who abandoned his family for art and returns seeking reconnection. His daughter Nora is a famous actress and severely depressed. Gustav has written a script for Nora, basing a character on his mother, who committed suicide. Trier uses period-specific lenses and film stock to evoke different cinematic eras and draws comparisons to Bergman and Fellini.
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