Liffe after Liffe:
Sentimental Value (Affeksjonsverdi)

Directed by: Joachim Trier
Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, France, UK, 2025, 135'

Cankarjev dom Cinema Sentimental Value (Affeksjonsverdi)

Screenplay: Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt
Cinematography: Kasper Tuxen
Music: Hania Rani
Cast: Renate Reinsve (Nora Borg), Stellan Skarsgård (Gustav Borg), Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Agnes Borg Pettersen), Elle Fanning (Rachel Kemp), Anders Danielsen Lie (Jakob), Jesper Christensen (Michael), Lena Endre (Ingrid Berger)
Production: Mer Film&Eye Eye Pictures&Komplizen Film&MK Productions&Lumen&BBC Film&Zentropa
Distribution: Karantanija Cinemas
Festivals, awards (selection): Cannes 2025 (Grand Prix), Sydney 2025, München 2025, Karlovi Vari 2025

This family drama, centred on a renowned filmmaker attempting to reconnect with his daughter, a talented theatre actress, is imbued with Joachim Trier's signature Scandinavian charm.

Nora is an aspiring stage actress with a glittering career ahead of her. Her estranged father, the once-renowned director Gustav Borg, offers her a role in what he hopes will be his comeback, a film based on his own life. Still harbouring resentment over his years of absence, Nora turns down his offer. She soon discovers that Gustav has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star, Rachel Kemp, whose intrusion on Nora's family home triggers more panic. Suddenly, Nora and her sister must navigate their complicated relationship with their father, and deal with an American star dropped right into the middle of their complex family dynamics.

My grandfather, Erik Lochen, was a director. His film Jakten, was in competition in Cannes in 1959. In my family there was this discussion with my parents and a little bit I remember, as a child, about "what is uniquely cinematic". One of the things my grandfather said was "Tati". He said "You cannot do that in a theatre, you cannot do that in a book, it's not a song: it's cinema". And it's what I'm yearning for. It's to try to find something very personal that keeps going around my head and I try to find a form that I hope is cinematic.
Joachim Trier

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