Screening times:
Sunday, February 8, 5:30 PM
Joachim Trier | Norway | 2025 | 135m
English and Norwegian with English subtitles
Nora Borg (Renate Reinsve) is an established but anxious Oslo stage actress; her younger sister Agnes (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas) has chosen family life with her husband and young son. Though markedly different, the two are close and deeply intertwined, having been raised by a single mother after their filmmaker father’s departure years earlier.
When her estranged father, the once renowned Gustav (Stellan Skarsgård), attempts to cast Nora in his comeback film, old wounds bleed anew: Nora rejects his offer, prompting the isolated patriarch to cast American star Rachel Kemp (Elle Fanning), who gradually comes to realize she has unwittingly become part of a deeply personal film drama.
Agnes, meanwhile, delves deeper into the family history as Gustav and Nora attempt rapprochement; but the cracks at the base of the family home run deeper than any Borg can grasp, threatening to topple an already shaky foundation.
From writer-director Joachim Trier (The Worst Person in the World), comes a family drama exploring the possibilities of forgiveness and reconciliation. Trier returns to his beloved Oslo, reuniting with frequent co-writer Eskil Vogt for their richest, most complex story to date, with much of the action playing out inside a family home — a house built of memory and that’s as much a living, breathing character as the family residing in it. Trier remains true to his signature style, while continuing to evolve it — merging humanistic character drama with a sophisticated formal approach.
“Skarsgård is magnificent as the charismatic, unreliable Gustav, but the film’s secret weapon is Elle Fanning’s hapless US starlet.” - Wendy Ide, Observer (UK)
“Trier, who has two young daughters himself, directs the whole affair with beauty and pathos and wit. His deeply humane film is an object lesson: You don’t need to be monomaniacal to make great art" - Max Weiss, Baltimore Magazine
“This might be the best movie of the year.” - Christy Lemire, FilmWeek (LAis)
European Film Awards: Best European Film, Best European Director: Joachim Trier, Best European Actor: Stellan Skarsgård, Best European Actress: Renate Reinsve, Best European Screenwriter: Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier, European Composer (Original Score): Hania Rani
Grand Prix, Cannes Film Festival 2025
Best Supporting Actor for Stellan Skarsgård, Golden Globe Awards 2026
Best International Independent Film, British Independent Film Awards 2025
Best Supporting Actress for Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, National Board of Review 2025
Tickets $12 ($11.40 cash at the door if available)
