Oct 12, 2012
109 min
Full-HD

Stories We Tell (2012)

Canadian actress and filmmaker Sarah Polley investigates certain secrets related to her mother, interviewing a group of family members and friends whose reliability varies depending of their implication in the events, which are remembered in different ways; so a trail of questions remains to be answered, because memory is always changing and the discovery of truth often depends on who is telling the tale.

Category

Documentary

Country

Canada

Companies

ONF | NFB

Michael Polley

Storyteller

Harry Gulkin

Storyteller

Susy Buchan

Storyteller

John Buchan

Storyteller

Mark Polley

Storyteller

Joanna Polley

Storyteller

Cathy Gulkin

Storyteller

Marie Murphy

Storyteller

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