Overview
- Joachim Trier’s intergenerational drama arrives in theaters November 7 via NEON after its Cannes premiere.
- Critics single out Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård and Elle Fanning, with several calling the acting the film’s driving force.
- The story centers on a strained reunion between a filmmaker father and his actor daughter as an autobiographical project stirs old wounds, with a Hollywood star entering the mix.
- Reviewers note a split between intimate family drama and sharper industry satire, describing a deliberate but sometimes divided tone.
- Trier co-wrote with Eskil Vogt, with Hania Rani’s score and Kasper Tuxen’s cinematography underscoring formal flourishes that evoke family history and cinematic allusion.