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Hard Truths
2024 · Drama · Comedy
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My father is a very difficult person.
Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star.
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Manuel São Bento
October 13, 2025
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://talkingfilms.net/sentimental-value-review-joachim-triers-profound-meditation-on-art-grief-and-forgiveness/ "Sentimental Value is, ultimately, a mature and profoundly moving movie that resonates with the authorial mark of Joachim Trier. The film triumphs thanks to the strength of its narrative and the excellence of the four central performances. It's a meditation on inherited pain, t…
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November 15, 2025
When a film has the capacity to provide a template for overcoming domestic discord, promoting forgiveness and helping to heal one’s past, it’s to be truly commended for going beyond being mere entertainment or even an admired artform. It aspires to become a noble, laudable cinematic godsend, one verging on providing a valuable service to those requiring much-needed guidance and direction in their lives. At the risk o…
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CinemaSerf
January 5, 2026
Sisters “Nora” (Renate Reinsve) and “Agnes” (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas) are the daughters of acclaimed film director “Gustav” (Stellan Skarsgård). The former, a theatrical actor, is a bit of a loner. The latter is a little more balanced, married to “Even” (Andreas Stoltenberg Granerud) and has a son “Erik” (Øyvind Hesjedal Loven). Both have a strained relationship with their father. His past successes suggests that he…
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