It took nearly until the end of the festival, but the Cannes Film Festival has its first outright sensation. Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value” premiered Wednesday night to the kind of rapturous response that Cannes is fabled for. The film, starring Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård and Elle Fanning, marked Trier's follow-up…

It’s festival season, and you know what that means: timing standing ovations! Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value now tops our list, while Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague is the most controversial.

Joachim Trier found himself crying behind the camera as he shot "Sentimental Value", his moving new tale about a quietly fractured family that got a 15-minute standing ovation at the end of its Wednesday premiere at the Cannes film festival. For more, FRANCE 24's film critic, Emma Jones.

'Sentimental Value', starring Elle Fanning and Stellan Skarsgard, received the longest-standing ovation at the 78th Cannes Film Festival, earning a rousing 15-minute applause following its premiere on May 21.

Premiering at Cannes, Joachim Trier’s follow-up to The Worst Person in the World is a tender portrait of deep generational pain, starring Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård and Elle Fanning

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Elle Fanning teared up as Joachim Trier and Renate Reinsve's 'Sentimental Value' earned a huge 15-minute Cannes ovation — the longest of this year's fest.

Stellan Skarsgård and Renate Reinsve soar in 'Sentimental Value,' about a director who casts his estranged daughter in a movie based on his own life.