Stories We Tell
Oct 12 2012
•2h 49m
•Documentary
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.
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Michael Polley
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Harry Gulkin
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Susy Buchan
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John Buchan
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