This multi-layered Norwegian drama was directed by Joachim Trier and earned the Oscar for best international feature, a historic win for Norway following years of nominations. The movie follows an aging filmmaker embarking on what will likely be his final work. The making of the film involves a return to a family home he left decades earlier, and a traumatic history during his own childhood. The superb acting by the women playing his estranged daughters make this a psychologically nuanced film, whose brilliant ending affirms that art can reconcile and integrate all that history has left broken and damaged.