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Stories We Tell
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Title: Stories We Tell

Release Date: 12 Oct 2012

Runtime: 1h 49m

Genre: Documentary

Director: ONF | NFB

Production Companies: ONF | NFB

Overview: 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.1 (214 votes)

Cast

  • Storyteller: Michael Polley
  • Storyteller: Harry Gulkin
  • Storyteller: Susy Buchan
  • Storyteller: John Buchan
  • Storyteller: Mark Polley
  • Storyteller: Joanna Polley
  • Storyteller: Cathy Gulkin
  • Storyteller: Marie Murphy
  • Storyteller: Robert MacMillan
  • Storyteller: Anne Tait
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