Stories We Tell

About Stories We Tell

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 on 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 t…

Sarah Polley's Stories We Tell is a 2012 documentary film. Released in October 2012, it runs 109 minutes.

The film is filed under family secrets, docudrama, family history, and biography.

Michael Polley stars as Storyteller, Harry Gulkin as Storyteller, Susy Buchan as Storyteller, and John Buchan as Storyteller. The screenplay is by Sarah Polley. American members can watch it on Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel.

Summer '03, The Barretts of Wimpole Street, and Interstellar make useful companions to Stories We Tell, all filed under family relationships. TMDB voters put it at 7.1 out of 10 across 240 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.