Director: Joachim Trier

Cast: Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning, Andreas Stoltenberg Granerud

Sentimental Value is a 2025 Norwegian drama film directed by Joachim Trier, following two estranged sisters who are drawn back into the orbit of their father — a once-celebrated filmmaker now chasing a final act of creative redemption. A meditation on family, ambition, and the stories we tell about ourselves.

What is Sentimental Value about?

Nora and Agnes, two sisters who have drifted apart over the years, find themselves brought together again when their father Gustav resurfaces in their lives. Gustav was once a prominent director, and he carries both the weight of that reputation and the hunger to reclaim it. He invites Nora, a working stage actress, to take the lead in what he envisions as his triumphant return to cinema. She declines. He then approaches a rising Hollywood name to fill the role instead — a decision that sends fractures through the already fragile bonds connecting father and daughters. The film moves quietly through grief, pride, creative longing, and the complicated love that persists in families even when trust has eroded.

Cast & crew

Joachim Trier directs with the measured intimacy that defined his earlier work. Renate Reinsve — his collaborator from prior films — leads as Nora, bringing her signature blend of emotional honesty and restraint. Stellan Skarsgård plays Gustav with charismatic fragility. Elle Fanning appears as the young Hollywood actress whose casting sets the story in motion, and Anders Danielsen Lie rounds out the ensemble.

Context & significance

Norwegian cinema has long attracted Persian-speaking audiences who appreciate character-driven, quietly emotional European storytelling — a sensibility that resonates strongly with the Iranian diaspora's taste for understated drama over spectacle. Joachim Trier is among the most respected voices in contemporary European arthouse cinema, and Sentimental Value arrives with the weight of a filmmaker at a reflective, mature stage. The film's themes — an aging parent seeking reconciliation, adult children navigating inherited wounds, the gap between creative ambition and family responsibility — carry real meaning for diaspora viewers living between cultures and generations. Sentimental Value is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles.

Where & how to watch

Sentimental Value is available on K-Time with full Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles. Watch on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and you can cancel anytime.