After the death of their mother Sissel, the estranged sisters Nora and Agnes Borg are forced to confront their distant father Gustav, a once-famous but now almost forgotten film director who abandoned the family when the girls were still young; Nora, now a driven stage actress, has prioritized her career above all else, while Agnes chose a stable life with a husband, child, and secure job—creating a stark contrast that further strains their relationship. Gustav, convinced that an autobiographical screenplay he's written will be his ticket back to fame, wants to tell the story of his mother, who took her own life in the family home in Norway—a place still partially owned by him and haunted by the trauma she endured from Nazi torture during the war. He offers the lead role to Nora, but she firmly refuses, prompting him to cast Hollywood actress Rachel Kemp instead, whom he met during a retrospective of his films in France. As filming begins, Gustav seizes the opportunity not only to revive his artistic legacy but also to mend the deeply fractured relationships with his daughters.
Cast
Renate Reinsve as Nora Borg,[5] a stage and television actress and the most recent inhabitant of her family home in Oslo
Stellan Skarsgård as Gustav Borg, a celebrated film director and Nora's estranged father
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas as Agnes Borg Pettersen, Nora's sister
Elle Fanning as Rachel Kemp, a famous American actress playing the lead role in Gustav's latest film
On 10 April 2025, Sentimental Value was announced to be competing for the Palme d'Or at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on 21 May 2025 and received a 19-minute standing ovation.[9][10][11] The film's trailer was released on 1 July.[12]
Neon bought the distribution rights for the United States in May 2024 at the
Cannes Film Festival when the film was first announced.[13] In April 2025, Mubi announced that they had acquired rights to the film for the United Kingdom, Ireland, Latin America, Turkey and India.[14] It was also screened in Open Air Premiere Programme at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival in August 2025.[15] It is scheduled to be released in France on 20 August 2025.[16] and in the United States on 7 November 2025.[17]
