A film that excavates layer of myth and memory to find the elusive truth at the core of a family of ...
A film that excavates layer of myth and memory to find the elusive truth at the core of a family of storyteller.
In this inpired, genre-twisting new film, Oscar®-nominated writer/director Sarah Polley discover 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 storyteller. She playfully interviews and interrogates a cast of character of varying reliability, eliciting refreshingly candid, yet mostly contradictory, anwer to the same question. As each relates their verion of the family mythology, present-day recollection shift into nostalgia-tinged glimpses of their mother, who departed too soon, leaving a trail of unanwered question. 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 peronal 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 ...
