Sentimental Value

Sentimental Value (Affeksjonsverdi): A Powerful Family Drama by Joachim Trier

Sentimental Value (Norwegian: Affeksjonsverdi) is a sweeping 2025 drama from acclaimed director Joachim Trier, co‑written with longtime collaborator Eskil Vogt. The film explores the fractured relationship between celebrated filmmaker Gustav Borg and his estranged daughters, Nora and Agnes.

When their mother dies, the sisters reunite with Gustav, only for him to offer Nora—a renowned stage actress—a role in what he hopes will be his magnum opus: a film based on his own life. Nora refuses, and the part is instead given to an ambitious young Hollywood star, igniting tensions as the sisters confront their father’s legacy and their own complicated emotions.

Starring Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, and Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value is epic, moving, and wryly funny—a meditation on family, forgiveness, and the transformative power of art.

The film premiered in the main competition at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on May 21, earning widespread acclaim and winning the prestigious Grand Prix. It was released theatrically in Norway on September 12 by Nordisk Film and has been selected as Norway’s official entry for Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards. Presented in Norwegian and French with English subtitles, Sentimental Value cements Trier’s reputation as one of contemporary cinema’s most daring storytellers.