Four years after “Julie (in 12 chapters)”, Joachim Trier is back in competition in Cannes with “sentimental value”, which marks his reunion with Renate Réinsve. And could be in the record in view of the first very positive opinions.
Will the third time be good for Joachim Trier? After Back Home and Julie (in 12 chapters), which had earned Renate Reinsve the female interpretation prize in 2021, the Norwegian director returns to competition at the Cannes festival with sentimental value, family history in the world of cinema, who confronts a filmmaker who returns to her daughters after many years of absence and revives some painful memories.
Presented on Wednesday May 21 in the competition of this 78th Cannes Film Festival, the feature film expected on August 20 in our rooms Orchestra The reunion between Joachim Trier and Renate Reinsve, which gives the reply to Stellan Skarsgard, she Fanning and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, which has everything to be one of the revelations of the film and this edition.
Especially if sentimental value is placed in the charts, he who seems to have joined the list of favorites for the Palme d'Or 2025 in view of the emotion he arouses, if we believe the first opinions, mostly positive, published on the Croisette, while he had a record standing (for this edition) of 19 minutes at the end of his presentation.
(“Sentimental value: a funny, tender and * extratally * powerful * family portrait signed Joachim Trier (…) This is undoubtedly the best film he has made so far, and just as easily the best Cannes 2025 film. An instant classic.”)
Subtle, modest, elegant, terrifying
(“After the total wonder Julie (in 12 chapters), Joachim Trier and Renate Reinsve are found with sentimental value, a drama on the family and memory, tinged with melancholy and an inspired humor. I loved it.”)
A drama on family and memory, tinged with melancholy and inspired humor
(“Sentimental value is by far the best film I have seen in Cannes and the best film of the year so far. Joachim Trier and Renate Reinsve recurrent: Julie's duo (in 12 chapters) meets to tell a touching, complex and deeply personal story on love, family, home and artistic expression as a means of healing and evolution. Excellent and nuanced performances in the role of a father and daughter who have a complex relationship.
(“Sentimental value is a masterful lesson in silent devastation: sorrow, memory and love chaos are found in each image. Renate Réinsve is extraordinary, Stellan Skarsgård Tendé, she shattered Fanning. A film about what we wear and what wears us. Already the film of the year.”)
The whole casting is phenomenal
It may be only a detail, but you should know that it was Neon who acquired the romantic value distribution rights in the United States … like those of the last five golden palm (parasite, titanium, without filter, anatomy of a fall and anora). A good omen for the film by Joachim Trier, who would then become the first Norwegian to register his name in the history of the winners of the Supreme Trophy?
See you this Saturday, May 24 for the verdict, then on August 20 to discover the result in French theaters.