Watch Elle Fanning star in new Joachim Trier trailer, ‘Sentimental Value’
A new trailer for Academy Award-nominated Joachim Trier’s upcoming film, Sentimental Value, stars Elle Fanning as a bright-eyed, eager young American actor.
The provided synopsis says of the plot: “Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film.”
However, Nora turns the offer down and “she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star. Suddenly, the two sisters must navigate their complicated relationship with their father — and deal with an American star dropped right into the middle of their complex family dynamics.”
The film received an incredible 15-minute standing ovation at its world premiere earlier this year at the Cannes Film Festival. In the US, the film was swept up by Neon, the independent film production and distribution company with an incredible success record in recent years, such as the Oscar-winning Anora.
The movie was written by Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier and stars Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, and A Complete Unknown actor Fanning. The trailer depicts the cast dipping in and out of Norwegian to divulge secrets. Many of the scenes are set in either a domestic space or a theatrical space, such as behind the bright lights and blinking shutters of cameras or on the stage.
Trier’s most celebrated offering is his 2002 movie, The Worst Person in the World, which also follows a confused character played by Reinsve as she navigates the complexities of adult life.
In a four-star review of the classic movie, Far Out considered it “a perfect storm of thoughtful, creative scriptwriting (co-written by the director), skilled acting, and careful directing with great attention to detail, the film is a personal portrait that also deals with the wider issue of youthful angst and indecision, more cleverly, and with more kindness and sensitivity, than most recent films have managed.”
The film will be released in US theatres on November 7th.
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