Joachim Trier

Sentimental Value

Sentimental Value

Joachim Trier, one of contemporary cinema’s great humanists, excavates layers of history and memory—both national and personal—for this rich, ineffably moving story of one family’s attempts to come to terms with generations of trauma and healing. After the death of their mother, two sisters must contend with the return home to Norway of their estranged father, celebrated filmmaker Gustav Borg (Stellan Skarsgård). In the case of Nora (Renate Reinsve), an actor, he hopes to reconnect by casting her in his new film—a project that both inflicts fresh wounds and reopens old ones. With a virtuoso ensemble cast that also includes Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (in a breakout performance) and Elle Fanning, Trier’s film delicately balances each moment of humor and hurt, conducting a stunning emotional exploration of how the past echoes in the present and art can transform pain into catharsis.

Film Info

  • Norway
  • 2025
  • 133 minutes
  • Color
  • 1.85:1
  • Norwegian, English
  • Spine #1311

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New 4K digital master, approved by director Joachim Trier, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
  • One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
  • New conversation between Trier and filmmaker Mike Mills
  • New selected-scene commentaries by Trier, coscreenwriter Eskil Vogt, production designer Jørgen Stangebye Larsen, and sound designer Gisle Tveito
  • New interviews with actors Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, and Elle Fanning
  • Deleted scenes
  • Trailer
  • New English subtitle translation and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by author Karl Ove Knausgård

    New cover by Chris Ware

Purchase Options

Coming soon, available May 26, 2026

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New 4K digital master, approved by director Joachim Trier, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
  • One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
  • New conversation between Trier and filmmaker Mike Mills
  • New selected-scene commentaries by Trier, coscreenwriter Eskil Vogt, production designer Jørgen Stangebye Larsen, and sound designer Gisle Tveito
  • New interviews with actors Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, and Elle Fanning
  • Deleted scenes
  • Trailer
  • New English subtitle translation and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by author Karl Ove Knausgård

    New cover by Chris Ware
Sentimental Value
Cast
Renate Reinsve
Nora Borg
Stellan Skarsgård
Gustav Borg
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas
Agnes Borg Pettersen
Elle Fanning
Rachel Kemp
Anders Danielsen Lie
Jakob
Jesper Christensen
Michael
Lena Endre
Ingrid Berger
Credits
Director
Joachim Trier
Producer
Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
Producer
Maria Ekerhovd
Screenplay by
Joachim Trier
Screenplay by
Eskil Vogt
Director of photography
Kasper Tuxen
Editor
Olivier Bugge Coutté
Composer
Hania Rani
Production designer
Jørgen Stangebye Larsen
Sound designer
Gisle Tveito
Costume designer
Ellen Dæhli Ystehede