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…

The sublime ‘Sentimental Value’ is the toast of Cannes. Joachim Trier reunites with his The Worst Person In The World star Renate Reinsve for a filigree delicate drama about family, art, and trauma.

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

Over a delicately structured, Mike Mills-ian montage of Nora Berg’s (Renate Reinsve) personal heritage––30-odd years of an Oslo native’s existence relayed in a sparse collection of seminal moments, feelings, and thoughts, then layered into the lives and characteristics of those that preceded her––the wizened voice of a grandmother ushers us into Sentimental Value, Joachim Trier’s

Starring Stellan Skarsgård and Renate Reinsve, Joachim Trier's 'Sentimental Value' is a major Oscar contender to emerge from Cannes 2025.

Director Joachim Trier Talks ‘Sentimental Value’ at Cannes Festival.