Winner of the Grand Prix at the Festival de Cannes, followed by the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film and BAFTA recognition, this is something of a masterpiece from Trier: the Rotten Tomatoes summary is to the point \u2013 “deftly exploring the uneasy tension between artistic expression and personal connection, Sentimental Value is a bracingly mature work from writer-director Joachim Trier that’s marvellously acted across the board”. The story\u00a0 centres on sisters Nora and Agnes as they reunite with their estranged father, Gustav, a once\u2011celebrated filmmaker seeking a return to relevance. When Gustav offers Nora a role in his new film and she refuses, the casting of a young Hollywood star reopens old wounds. What follows is a delicate family reckoning shaped by unresolved loyalties, resentment, and the fragile possibility of reconciliation …<\/p>\n
In Norwegian with English subtitles. Screens in the Louvre Abu Dhabi Auditorium as part of Cannes Film Nights, a curated programme of acclaimed films shown at Cannes and presented in collaboration with the Institut Fran\u00e7ais.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"