Grand Prix Winner at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival

In director Joachim Trier’s follow-up to The Worst Person in the World, sisters Nora (Renate Reinsve) and Agnes (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas) reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav (Stellan Skarsgård; Dune), 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 away to an eager young Hollywood star (Elle Fanning, A Complete Unknown). Suddenly, the two sisters must navigate their complicated relationship with their father—and deal with an American star dropped right into the middle of their complex family dynamics.

JBFC Film Programmer Ian LoCascio writes, “Stellan Skarsgård (who plays Gustav Borg in the film) has described what he thinks is Trier’s distinguishing quality as a filmmaker: ‘His fixation with the actors’ faces. He sees everything you do. He sits beside the camera, not looking at the monitor. Because that is his material. It’s not what you say or the dialogue—it’s what happens on the faces. As an actor, it’s a gift to have a director who is so interested in what you do when you don’t do the text.’” Read more about behind-the-scenes highlights on the JBFC blog.