Release Date
May 10, 2013 (NY)
DVD Release Date
September 3, 2013 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Sarah Polley
Writer
Sarah Polley
Cast
Michael Polley, John Buchan, Mark Polley
Studio
Running Time
108 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements involving sexuality, brief strong language and smoking
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... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
Sarah Polley discovers a secret about her family. Since she's a director, she did what any director would do (or not): she put her entire family in front of a camera and made a movie about it. Stories We Tell is a surprisingly riveting documentary about relationships and things families normally don't talk about. Like parental sex.
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