‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Joachim Trier on Oscar-Contending ‘Sentimental Value,’ His Oslo Trilogy and Why “Tenderness Is the New Punk”

Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Joachim Trier , the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter ‘s Awards Chatter podcast, which was recorded in front of film students at Chapman University, is one of the world’s greatest working filmmakers. A 51-year-old Danish-Norwegian writer and director, he has been described by the New York Times as “sensationally talented,” “a meticulous craftsman,” and “incapable of making an ugly image.” Trier was, until recently, best known for his “Oslo trilogy” — comprising 2006’s Reprise , 2011’s Oslo, August 31st and 2021’s The Worst Person in the World — each installment of which he directed and co-wrote with Eskil Vogt ; is set in Norway’s capital; explores memory, identity and time; centers on upper-middle-class, intelligent, but self-doubting protagonists; and stars the actor Anders Danielsen Lie . Related Stories Movies Artios Awards for Casting: 'Sinners,' 'Sentimental Value' Lead Winners Movies 'Awards Chatter' Pod: Jessie Buckley on Her Presumptive Oscar Turn in 'Hamnet' and Maggie Gyllenhaal's Upcoming 'The Bride!' Four years after The Worst Person in the World was recognized with the Cannes Film Festival’s best actress prize for leading lady Renate Reinsve (who also appeared briefly in Oslo, August 31st ) and with Oscar nominations for best international feature and best original screenplay, Trier returned with Sentimental Value , a film about the complicated relationship between two sisters who were raised together in the same old home in Oslo (Reinsve and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas ) and their filmmaker father who left them and that home when they were young ( Stellan Skarsgård ) but returned to it following the death of their mother. Sentimental Value had its world premiere at last May’s Cannes Film Festival, where it received ...