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SMAGAZINEOFFICIAL.COM CULTURE
Family tim Matter Elle Fa nin and R na e Rein ve explo e he
nuan e of fa ily dynamic By Marriska Fernandes
g a t e , q s n c r h n d e a o c n s v c e f i c andes
I n a world atu mor er-
ated ith digital spect cle, the q est for enu ne
hu an c nnec ion o creen atu er-
ter
Joach m Trier, the m sterful No ar- tri driven narrativ s, nclud ng the rr Os mu wo ar- tri nta omina d The orst Person
i the Worl at , e ar- tri nta e wit s im rgical preci on at la he hea t of odern
angst In h at la est fi lm, Sen s im tri nta el in of the
most ompelli g voic s in co fo ,
celebr ted for her epl fel an Fannin , an cting vet ran whose life.
e
life.
T e w rld o c n nem oft n search lace , a few direc ors cap ure th than Trier.
.
Th th .
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Agne as they con ront the r agin an (Stella S wh arsg rd , when he return in fa s film in l h r h e r s ir chi dhood ho e, cast ess
(Fan , ma .
Trier w ted to e plore an e otio Am d
ac or ve , and th ’s
exactly hat e delive th id “R ips n
mo ies n th sibl ’70s and ’80s id “R ips ust that ngs
a aren s an all that stuff, I fi d this e
i so ’s
somethi g very ne ha el.”
Fann ng re at d to t connec is niversal t y a h d on.
“Ev rybo a
clo y a h d has a famil , whether it ated relatio s y a h d a
clo e relations ip. I thi t’s u ive sally m is fi d
lay r on th s fi m is it is a it is ealing ust u e n e o e person rt and ust being a c eati cing e person and eati e
w hat th your fa ily ife And th p, sac but
ifi es hen tive lso not anti g o g yo ve hat cre t’s se
th t’s what yo f el like ak s y u lov s those
dy amics in p ay j ; i e.”
For the 27 t’ year old, d h s é phy d h s é deeply ers nal, her shed memo r. S e wo k a an intima rec rd . “ f her own grow a they re almost li e a a n y bo k of some a n I
see m elf goin thr e g I puberty e g I m l ush s li ush s li h t c ush s li n th t h bo whe I d that film ife
mom nts ds
that a e y ov n thr gh th stag e , e c t e m se lot o wei h for m , t cho e m se vies that ,
a d th y stay w th yo ,” she sa ta ,” d nt Toronto.
.
Trier ter ects, ellin F nni , “It u’re l ound . ke
an o s . o d sou , but u’r sti l a young erso ct r t e
an acto ng ”
For Re e, te nsve, he
ultimate oal in a n h e
au gh hentici y—it’s s ate she reach rrie stablis ed with Trier. Her rocess m rrie spontaneous vulnerability.
lity.
“ t ow ink wh t eally de fines m now lly wor rom h r y l s a th at r, where you wor a lot r n e n uild a haracte And d
som then meeti e se ut om fi t w d
som thi g else n me, and th t w s fi e e e
tr th in at s the very e i th mom iff rent thi gs, and thos two com in i ke
an f
me. So, I s i l wo k ith a e I a r ysis a d I kin tr he
houg ts, to in contra t ts, to hat she i However the
rea mag c ppens w en she s
Trier’ r irectio for reat at ng a settin wh re t eing n wor less s enes wh re hose ittl h
anoth r a n t . n r. oa him rea y ha a w hen y e e
do eh ars s m o when we’re on s at c t, he r imate,
and r e gro s t at clima e gr f us and op u nne ings th llo ed to rol of
ose on rol. nd t ings th t an subconsc so we ca ous thin s in rs lv s a tu surprised ourselves.”
s.”
T is environ nt of trus is rucial, kling
emot nal y h avy haracters “It e im wa mo ”
she d
tha s r rust [... goi g in o a chara ter wi h ”
she note , under ining th t t is dynamic performance
be .
F r annin , b ing o set is wher she fee has ou’re
like, has ng the elec ricity, the pon ter lly an’t re re te, u is lm.”
Trier pr vides the phi oso hical f amework es
uit
of aut ent city. He arg es
for the signific riven
fil s that ackle univ rsa issue fi u , p c o . especiall ng to cter
dram , but
there’ s meth ng about try a ch and
d am in h smal things f ife,” Tri ons
c ema’s em ath tic power, hich is th th s he
hopes o forge wit a it di nces. “Cin ma for t
form where ou ee t l so e ot er person and s .
I f s .
I f f el ec tha I lon for hat a t e moment, h ion.”
It’s xactl wha Se ti ta enta Value does. ative
purs t o truth, c nnectio , an at
u derscor s w ir y, for th Re nsve nd Fa ds
profound and l