Stories We Tell
- Release Date
- October 12, 2012
- Director
- Sarah Polley
- Cast
- Pixie Bigelow , Deirdre Bowen , Geoffrey Bowes , John Buchan , Susy Buchan , Tom Butler
- Runtime
- 108
- Main Genre
- Documentary
- Writers
- Sarah Polley
- Tagline
- A film by Sarah Polley.
Summary
In this inspired new film, Oscar®-nominated writer/director Sarah Polley discovers that the truth depends on who’s telling it. Polley is both filmmaker and detective as she investigates the secrets kept by a family of storytellers. She playfully interviews and interrogates a cast of characters of varying reliability, eliciting refreshingly candid, yet mostly contradictory, answers to the same questions. As each relates their version of the family mythology, present-day recollections shift into nostalgia-tinged glimpses of their mother, who departed too soon, leaving a trail of unanswered questions. Polley unravels the paradoxes to reveal the essence of family: always complicated, warmly messy and fiercely loving. "Stories We Tell" explores the elusive nature of truth and memory, but at its core is a deeply personal film about how our narratives shape and define us as individuals and families, all interconnecting to paint a profound, funny and poignant picture of the larger human story.
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Stories We Tell Trailer from Director Sarah Polley
Sarah Polley is both filmmaker and detective as she investigates the secrets kept by a family of storytellers, in theaters this May.