When Does "Sentimental Value" (2025) Take Place?
"Affeksjonsverdi" (released to English-speaking audiences as "Sentimental Value") is a GENRE film written by Eskil Vogt with Joachim Trier that released August 20th, 2025. So when is "Sentimental Value" set?
It takes place in the year:
We know this because physical copies of Gustav Borg's latest screenplay are visible at various times that read "VERSION 2.3 MAY 21ST 2024" so it is most likely during or after May of 2024 AD.
2024 AD
We know this because physical copies of Gustav Borg's latest screenplay are visible at various times that read "VERSION 2.3 MAY 21ST 2024" so it is most likely during or after May of 2024 AD.
More specifically, Borg appears at a screening of his own film at the 50th Deauville American Film Festival, held annually in the real world since 1975 AD. The 50th festival was held from September 6th, 2024 AD to September 15th, 2024. So it is September of 2024 AD at this point.
Additionally, the story begins with a prologue showing us Nora and Agnes at a very young age and the narrator ?. The unnamed narrator tells us, "In sixth grade, Nora was told to write an essay as if she was an object." So this prologue is predominantly set in but also shows quick flashes like, "Her great-great-grandfather died in the room where her grandmother was born, which now was her parents' bedroom." . "Nora reread it when looking for a monologue for her academy audition". So the prologue ends in .
Also, an extended series of flashbacks "One autumn evening in 1943, the State Police came to fetch her." So it is 1943 AD during this quick scene. 1987? AD .
Finally, an epilogue .
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