There are a lot of movies about absentee dads who reappear in their kids' lives.

The new movie, Sentimental Value, is one of the great ones.

It stars Stellin Scarsguard as a filmmaker attempting to reconnect with his estranged daughters.

And it proves that at the very least, the tension between art and parenthood is complicated.

I'm Aisha Harris. Today we're talking about sentimental value, Pop Winter Happy Hour from NPR.

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Joining me today is my co-host Stephen Thompson. Hello, Stephen.

Hello, Aisha. Also with us is Vulture TV critic, Roxana Haddadi. Welcome back, Roxanna.

Hey, thank you so much for having me. Lovely to have you here. Sentimental value stars Stellan Scarsguard as Gustav Borg, a renowned filmmaker, preparing his next feature, a personal passion project.

You ever is a lead role to his estranged daughter Nora,

an actress played by Renata Reinsveh, but she turns him down. Still, his re-entrance into

Nora's life opens the door for possible reconciliation with her, as well as his other

daughter, Agnes, played by Inga, Ibe's daughter Lilios. El Fanning also stars as Rachel, an American

actress whom Gustav cast in the part Nora, rejected.

It's directed by Joachim Trier, who previously worked with Reinsvitt on The Worst Person in the World.

Sentimental value is in theaters now.

Stephen, I'm going to start with you.

You are a resident sentimental critic here.

Resident sentimentalist.

Yes, yes.

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