In the opening scene of Joachim Trier’s glorious new film Sentimental Value , the actress Nora Borg (Renate Reinsve) is preparing to go onstage for a performance at the National Theatre in Oslo. As the orchestra plays the thundering ancient melody of the Dies Irae (think the opening theme of The Shining ), the young woman is struck by a case of stage fright so severe it soon becomes a full-on panic attack. Paralyzed with fear, she hides in her dressing room, trying to tear off her costume and head mic. After members of the crew talk her down and the stage manager leads her through a breathing exercise, she finally makes it to the wings, but on the point of making her entrance, she retreats to her dressing room again in terror. She even tries to get a fellow cast member, Jakob (Trie

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