Following a failed father and filmmaker attempting to reconnect with his daughters by making a movie in their old family home, Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value” is a subtle yet sweeping tapestry of art and family that will take your breath away. Assisted by outstanding performances across the board — especially from Renate Reinsve (“The Worst Person in the World”) and Stellan Skarsgård (“Andor”) — Trier has made a movie about movies that strikes right at the heart of the art form.

He does so not with one big blow, but in the steady accumulation of emotional gut punches that offer deep reflections about what it means to create art from a life that is not nearly as neatly packaged as what’s on screen. It’s a rich text, but a focused one, letting the gradual power of what it’s exploring sneak up on you until you are completely swept up in the vision.