Nourry likens working in sculpture to a superpower — a way of healing with her hands. Unsurprisingly, “Serendipity” can be an extremely intimate documentary, but there are other times when it is curiously remote in elucidating Nourry’s artistic intentions. This is not a criticism. Too much demystification might spoil the art, and the film makes clear that Nourry often sees purpose in her instincts retrospectively.

It seems best to view “Serendipity” as one component of a much bigger project ( a book on Nourry ’s work with the same title was published in 2017) — a body of work in which life and art are inseparable.

Serendipity

Not rated. In English, French and Chinese, with subtitles. Running time: 1 hour 14 minutes.