Black Lady Nerds sat down with the inventive minds behind NEON’s new drama Sentimental Worth. Director Joachim Trier and stars Elle Fanning, Stellan Skarsgård, Renate Reinsve, and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas talk about the movie’s exploration of artwork, household, and forgiveness.
The story follows sisters Nora and Agnes, whose lives are upended when their eccentric father, Gustav, a once-renowned filmmaker who vanished years in the past, instantly reappears. His return comes with an surprising supply: he desires Nora to star in his subsequent movie. What follows is a poignant and sometimes humorous journey via the messy intersections of creativity, legacy, and the injuries left by absence.
Skarsgård brings a magnetic complexity to Gustav, balancing attraction and remorse. His dynamic with Reinsve and Lilleaas captures the quiet resilience of ladies navigating the shadow of a larger-than-life patriarch.
Sentimental Worth marks one other introspective triumph for Trier, identified for The Worst Particular person within the World, delving as soon as once more into how artwork mirrors identification and emotional fact.
BGN’s Jamie Broadnax sat down for this heartfelt dialog that reveals the movie’s layered tenderness and its commentary on the redemptive energy of storytelling.
Interviewer: Jamie Broadnax
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Sentimental Worth premieres in theaters November seventh