"Sentimental Value, Joachim Trier's latest film, premiered at Cannes earlier this year to rapturous reviews and the Grand Prix, making its New York Film Festival premiere this week one of our most anticipated. The film is Trier's sixth feature, co-written with Eskil Vogt like the previous five and similarly interested in the intricate nuances of human relationships. It's also his best yet, a quietly devastating and often funny look at a pair of sisters and their absentee father."
"Trier paints a vivid, tender portrait of a fractured family through time, examining its tangled roots via a beautiful family home passed down through generations, where a matriarch once hung herself and where, in the present day, Gustav wants to shoot his new film. It's a personal film for Trier, who wrote it shortly after he became a father and, as he admits in our conversation, wanted to exorcise some of his fears about his own potential failures."
Sentimental Value premiered at Cannes to rapturous reviews and won the Grand Prix, then premiered at the New York Film Festival. The film is the director's sixth feature, co-written with Eskil Vogt, and focuses on the intricate nuances of human relationships. Nora and Agnes Borg mourn their mother's death when their estranged father, Gustav, reenters unannounced. Gustav, a revered director who abandoned them after divorce, is charming yet emotionally illiterate and attempts to cast Nora in his new film. Nora refuses, and Gustav courts Hollywood actress Rachel Kemp, who eagerly accepts the role. The story unfolds around a generational family home and reflects the filmmaker's personal fears after becoming a father.
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