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Stories We Tell is a canadien film of genre Documentary directed by Sarah Polley released in USA on 17 may 2013 with Sarah Polley

Stories We Tell (2013)

Stories We Tell
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Released in USA 17 may 2013
Length 1h49
Directed by
OriginCanada
Rating74% 3.745963.745963.745963.745963.74596

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. Stories We Tell premiered August 29, 2012 at the 69th Venice International Film Festival, then played at the 39th Telluride Film Festival and the 37th Toronto International Film Festival.

Synopsis

The film looks at the relationship between Polley's parents, Michael and Diane Polley, including the revelation that the filmmaker was the product of an extramarital affair between her mother and Montreal producer Harry Gulkin. It incorporates interviews with Polley's siblings from her mother's two marriages, interviews with other relatives and family friends, Michael Polley's narration of his memoir, and Super-8 footage shot to look like home movies of historical events in her family's life. The cast in the Super-8 re-creations includes Rebecca Jenkins, who plays Diane – who had died of cancer, on January 10, 1990—the week of Polley's 11th birthday.

Actors

Sarah Polley

(Self (uncredited))Rebecca Jenkins

(Diane Polley)Tom Butler

(Storyteller)Allie MacDonald

(Joanna Polley)Lani Billard

(Susy Buchan)Christine Horne

(Anne Tait)
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