The intense reception sparked instant speculation in the room that Trier’s feature could emerge as the frontrunner to win the Palme d’Or.
“When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star.
Along with Reinsve, Trier and Skarsgård, the “Sentimental Value” cast is rounded out by Cory Michael Smith and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas.
A frequent Cannes selection, Trier first came to the fest in 2011 with his second feature, “Oslo, August 31st,” which premiered in the Un Certain Regard section.
In 2015, he returned to compete for the Palme d’Or with “Louder Than Bombs,” a grief drama starring Jesse Eisenberg and Isabelle Huppert.
This year’s record for the longest standing ovation at Cannes was smashed by Joachim Trier and star Renate Reinsve’s “Sentimental Value” on Wednesday night. The premiere audience cheered the reunion of “Worst Person in the World” for fifteen minutes, clapping wildly past one in the morning. m. As the audience applauded and yelled for her performance, Elle Fanning, who plays a Hollywood starlet in the film, wiped away her tears and gave Trier a hug. It showed her co-star Stellan Skarsgård blowing a kiss to the audience.
The Norwegian director broke down in tears as he spoke following the thunderous applause, saying he was “very moved” and that many of the characters in the movie had “struggled for years” to make it. I feel like you’re all my friends tonight. What’s that Buñuel quote about making movies for my friends? “”.
French director Julia Ducournau’s infection drama “Alpha” received 11.5 minutes of applause earlier in the festival, but “Sentimental Value” received a 15-minute ovation, the longest of this year’s Cannes so far. There was immediate conjecture in the room that Trier’s feature might become the front-runner for the Palme d’Or because of the strong reception.
The film’s synopsis states that “Sentimental Value” follows sisters Nora and Agnes as they “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.”. After Nora declines, she quickly learns that he has given her role to a young, eager Hollywood star. The two sisters are suddenly forced to manage their delicate relationship with their father as well as an American celebrity who has been thrust into the center of their complicated family dynamics. “”.
Even though “Sentimental Value” is primarily a family drama, Trier used its meta-plot to parody the movie industry in a number of ways. At one point in the narrative, Netflix purchases the movie Skarsgard’s character is producing and forces him to participate in a junket interview with a journalist, who brings up a previous box office failure from Fanning’s character’s career. As Skarsgard responds, “Get out.”.
The “Sentimental Value” cast is completed by Cory Michael Smith and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas in addition to Reinsve, Trier, and Skarsgård. Together with his regular partner Eskil Vogt, Trier wrote the script.
Trier, who is frequently chosen for Cannes, made his festival debut in 2011 with his second feature, “Oslo, August 31st,” which debuted in the Un Certain Regard section. He made a comeback in 2015 to compete for the Palme d’Or with the grief drama “Louder Than Bombs,” which starred Isabelle Huppert and Jesse Eisenberg. The film “The Worst Person in the World,” which starred Reinsve and earned her the festival’s best actress award, was his next competition. It also received Oscar nominations for best international feature and screenplay.
