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Stories We Tell: Directed by Sarah Polley. With Michael Polley, Harry Gulkin, Susy Buchan, John Buchan. A film that excavates layers of myth and memory to find the elusive truth at the core of a family of storytellers.
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- Documentary
- Sarah Polley
- 2013-01-17
Stories We Tell is a 2012 Canadian documentary film written and directed by Sarah Polley and produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). The film explores her family's secrets—including one intimately related to Polley's own identity.
Sarah Polley‘s fascinating documentary, “Stories We Tell,” is ostensibly about her mother, Diane Polley, who died in 1990. A powerful and thoughtful film, it is also not what it at first seems, which is part of the point Polley appears to be interested in making.
In Stories We Tell, Sarah Polley plays with the documentary format to explore the nature of memory and storytelling, crafting a thoughtful, compelling narrative that unfolds like...
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- Sarah Polley
- PG-13
- Sarah Polley, Michael Polley, Harry Gulkin
A film that excavates layers of myth and memory to find the elusive truth at the core of a family of storytellers. In this inspired, genre-twisting new film, Oscar®-nominated writer/director Sarah Polley discovers that the truth depends on who's telling it.
Stories We Tell. Oscar-nominated director Sarah Polley uncovers the secrets buried within a family of storytellers in this "unmissable" (Rolling Stone) and "riveting" (Los Angeles Times) film. 1,247 IMDb 7.5 1 h 48 min 2012. X-Ray PG-13.
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Using a mix of interviews and sly home movies, Sarah Polley creates an intriguing profile of her family, especially her complicated late mother. Watch trailers & learn more.
