{"id":95136,"date":"2025-11-29T17:24:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T17:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/?p=95136"},"modified":"2025-11-30T07:09:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T07:09:56","slug":"sentimental-value-joachim-trier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/en\/sentimental-value-joachim-trier\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSentimental Value\u201d: Joachim Trier\u2019s most intimate and disarming work"},"content":{"rendered":"
A fractured family: cinema, grief, and the weight of emotional legacy<\/h6>\n

In “Sentimental Value”<\/em>, we meet a father \u2014 a celebrated filmmaker, portrayed with brutal ambivalence by Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd <\/em>\u2014 who invites his eldest daughter, Nora<\/em> (a phenomenal Renate Reinsve<\/em>), to star in his latest film.<\/p>\n

The premise may seem simple, but it quickly becomes clear that beneath this seemingly creative gesture lies an emotional rift left unhealed for decades.<\/p>\n

The mother has passed away. The father is difficult, egocentric, overbearing. Their marriage was turbulent. The daughters grew up amidst outbursts, silences, and a fragility they learnt to conceal.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s striking is the film\u2019s honesty in portraying the bond between the sisters: not only affection, but a connection forged in pain, in shared trauma, in the anxiety of repeating the same family pattern.<\/p>\n

An emotional portrait revealed with surgical precision<\/h6>\n

As the film unfolds, Trier peels back layers with almost clinical delicacy.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the film unfolds, Trier peels back layers with almost clinical delicacy.\u201d<\/h2>\n

Each character reveals: wounds never spoken aloud, childhood traumas that shaped their personalities, defence mechanisms that act as armour, and an inner loneliness that seeps into every relationship.<\/p>\n

And he does so without unnecessary drama. The violence here is emotional \u2014 silent, ordinary, everyday.<\/p>\n

But the film also dares to venture into particularly sensitive territory: the shadow of suicide.<\/p>\n

Trier<\/em> addresses it without sensationalism, without morbidity, and with the utmost respect, turning it into a pivotal moment that reshapes the viewer\u2019s perception of the family, the past, and emotional responsibility.<\/p>\n

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Performances that ache: Reinsve and Skarsg\u00e5rd in a state of grace<\/h6>\n

The cast is flawless, but two performances elevate the entire film:<\/p>\n

Renate Reinsve<\/em>, whose portrayal is exquisite, heart-wrenching, and precise. She breaks you without raising her voice, without grand gestures. Hers is a portrait of adult vulnerability marked by childhood wounds.<\/p>\n

And Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd<\/em>, who shines in one of the most complex roles of his career \u2014 a man who evokes rejection and compassion in equal measure. He unsettles, frustrates, moves you. And it\u2019s precisely there that the power of his performance lies.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe film also dares to venture into the shadow of suicide.\u201d<\/h2>\n
A film about what remains unsaid<\/h6>\n

“Sentimental Value”<\/em> is profoundly emotional. It speaks of the loneliness that exists even within a family, the lasting impact of childhood trauma in adult life, the impossibility of escaping oneself. It speaks of the family as an institution meant to hold \u2014 but which sometimes breaks. Of forgiveness as a bridge. Of self-love as a lifeline. Of blood ties as something that can both wound… and heal.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a film that demands your full presence \u2014 and lingers long after the final frame.<\/p>\n

Why you should watch it<\/h6>\n

Because “Sentimental Value”<\/em>\u00a0isn\u2019t just another family drama. It\u2019s an honest, uncomfortable, and necessary mirror. A film that confronts what we\u2019d rather not see: what we inherit, what we repeat, what we silence.<\/p>\n

Trier has perhaps signed his most mature work yet \u2014 an intimate and painful journey that, nonetheless, leaves room for the possibility of forgiveness. Incomplete, fragile, human. But still a way to survive.<\/p>\n

\u201cSentimental Value is profoundly emotional.\u201d<\/h2>\n

In UK cinemas from 5 December. Check local listings.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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