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Cannes 2025: A Storm of Applause for Joachim Trier’s 'Sentimental Value'
- Joachim Trier premiered his film Sentimental Value on Wednesday at the Cannes Film Festival, featuring a fractured family in Oslo's wooden home.
- Trier based the film on his rehearsing script around Oslo’s old wooden kitchen table and depicted the home as a character in the story.
- The film stars an arty Oslo family who struggle to communicate, with Trier moved by his actors and praising Elisabeth Fanning’s emotional response.
- Sentimental Value received a 15-minute standing ovation, and critics described it as “exquisite,” “gorgeous and gripping,” with a satisfying, well-pitched ending.
- Trier said many families carry woundedness and grief, noting he wept during filming and that the film explores silences central to therapy and human connection.
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Cannes has become an Oscar bellwether, and Trier's moving family drama—a Palme d'Or frontrunner that got a 19-minute standing ovation at this year's festival—is the one film everyone in attendance seemed to agree about.
Joachim Trier's new film received a 15-minute standing ovation and looks certain to win a prize at Cannes. The film reunites the Norwegian with Renate Reinsve, who became a movie star six years ago with her role in 'The Worst Person in the World'.
Cannes. Försoningsdramat "Sentimental Value" received the festival's longest applause and glowing reviews. Stellan Skarsgård makes the role of his life, writes the American press. – I have to believe that we can change. Polarization, anger and macho culture do not lead to progress, says Joachim Trier.
Cannes 2025: A storm of applause for Joachim Trier’s 'Sentimental Value'
Film critic Emma Jones gives us a clearer idea of potential prize contenders. She tells us all about “Sentimental Value” by Joachim Trier, a lovely story set around a family – and an exploration of grief and art.
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