MUBI releases a new trailer for Sentimental Value, Joachim Trier‘s follow-up to The Worst Person in the World. The film arrives after Trier’s global breakthrough and reunites him with Renate Reinsve, who earned the Best Actress prize at Cannes in 2021. Sentimental Value premiered in the Main Competition at Cannes in 2025 and won the Grand Prix, reinforcing Trier’s presence on the international stage.
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Trier and longtime collaborator Eskil Vogt co-write the feature, expanding their interest in intimacy, memory and the frictions that gather within families. The film brings together Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Elle Fanning, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas and Anders Danielsen Lie. The project also serves as Norway’s official submission for Best International Feature Film at the 2026 Academy Awards®.
Reinsve plays Nora Borg, an established stage actress in Oslo whose life appears settled and controlled. Her younger sister, Agnes (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas), has chosen a quieter domestic life with her young son. Though their paths differ, their bond remains strong, shaped by a childhood raised by a single mother after their filmmaker father abandoned the family. Their relationship forms the emotional axis of the story.
Stellan Skarsgård plays Gustav Borg, the father who returns with a plan to rebuild his career. Once a celebrated director, he prepares a comeback film rooted in the experiences of his daughters. Gustav offers Nora the lead role, hoping the collaboration will force a reunion. Nora refuses, and the rejection deepens a history of unresolved conflict. Gustav responds by casting Rachel Kemp, an American film actor portrayed by Elle Fanning. Rachel arrives eager for a breakthrough and gradually understands that she has stepped into a project shaped by another family’s unresolved fractures.
As Nora and Gustav attempt to repair their relationship, Agnes begins to investigate the history of their family with a determination that brings buried pain to the surface. The dynamic between the three reveals the instability that shaped their childhood. Rachel, observing from the outside, witnesses the emotional weight Nora and Agnes carry and recognizes the complexity of the story she has entered.
The film examines sisterhood, father-daughter relationships and the force of childhood memories as each character confronts the past. Trier uses performance, filmmaking and artistic ambition as tools that expose rather than soothe emotional wounds. The cast brings sharp definition to this tension, with critics praising Reinsve’s grounded portrayal, Skarsgård’s layered interpretation of Gustav, Fanning’s thoughtful presence as Rachel and Lilleaas’s sensitive work as Agnes.
Sentimental Value continues its theatrical rollout following its Cannes premiere, with releases scheduled internationally throughout late 2025 and early 2026. MUBI’s new trailer introduces audiences to the film’s emotional terrain and showcases the ensemble that anchors Trier’s latest work.
