Overview
- Reviews center on an estranged auteur who returns to the Oslo family home to mount an autobiographical film that pressures his daughter to participate.
- Stellan Skarsgård stars as the patriarch Gustav alongside Renate Reinsve and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, with Elle Fanning as an American performer drawn into the shoot.
- Critics highlight layered storytelling that interweaves films‑within‑the‑film, theater sequences and archival textures to blur memory and performance.
- Writers note the Netflix‑financed project won Cannes’ Grand Prix while raising questions about its exhibition path after the theatrical opening.
- The 133‑minute Norway–France–Denmark–Germany co‑production was co‑written by Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt.