Sentimental Value

A true marvel of cinema, Joachim Trier’s new film, a Cannes Festival Grand Prix winner, is a breathtaking and magically intimate exploration of family, memories, and the redemptive and reconciliatory power of art. It’s also, to me, the best foreign film of the year. If you missed it at SCAD Savannah Film Festival, here is another chance to see it on the big screen. Driven by supreme performances by the entire cast including Stellan Skarsgard, Renate Reinsve, and Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value will stay on your mind for as long as you have one.

Nora, a successful stage actress, reunites with her estranged father, Gustav Borg—a once-renowned film director planning a comeback with a script based on their family. When Gustav offers Nora the lead role, which she promptly declines, he turns his attention to a rising Hollywood starlet instead. In English and Norwegian with English subtitles. 132 minutes.