Joachim Trier returned to the Cannes Movie Competition on Wednesday night time to world premiere his new movie Sentimental Worth, which scored a unprecedented 19-minute standing ovation after its screening on the Grand Théâtre Lumière.
Reteaming once more with Renate Reinsve, who starred in Trier’s 2021 Cannes film The Worst Individual within the World (and received her the Greatest Actress prize right here), Norwegian filmmaker Trier’s newest is a household drama that additionally stars Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas and Elle Fanning.
All walked the purple carpet tonight in Cannes, the place Sentimental Worth is taking part in within the competitors lineup, earlier than coming into the venue for the screening. The group erupted because the lights got here up.
Within the movie, Reinsve performs Nora, an actress, who together with her youthful sister Agnes (Lilleaas) are reunite with their estranged father Gustav (Skarsgård), a once-famous director who presents Nora a job in what he hopes might be his comeback movie. When Nora turns it down, she quickly discovers he has given her half to an keen younger Hollywood star (Fanning). All come collectively in a swirl of complicated household dynamics.
Whereas there is no such thing as a official file for Cannes ovations — there’s definitely no official methodology for timing applause right here — it’s roundly thought-about that Guillermo del Toro’s 2006 fantasy drama Pan’s Labyrinth set the mark at 22 minutes. However tonight’s 19-minute tally for Sentimental Worth definitely has made the household drama’s presence recognized within the hunt for the Palme d’Or.
Neon, which as distributed the previous 5 Palme d’Or winners right here, pre-bought North American rights to the movie in Cannes final yr, marking the second collaboration for Neon, Trier and Reinsve after The Worst Individual within the World. Mubi holds different territory rights.
