Stories We Tell Sarah Polley

Stories we tell revolves firstly around diane polley the director s energetic mother and sometimes stage actress who died of cancer when polley was eleven years old.

Stories we tell sarah polley. Stories we tell is a 2012 canadian documentary film written and directed by sarah polley and produced by the national film board of canada nfb. Stories we tell 2012. Stories we tell 2012 the hook is. She was concerned that this film would not be interesting enough for an audience.

With michael polley john buchan mark polley joanna polley. Canadian actor director sarah polley who aptly made her international breakthrough in a tale of complex familial circumstances atom egoyan s 1997 the sweet hereafter dishes the dirt about her family and its history narrated by her father the esteemed british canadian actor michael. While she endeavours to understand who her mother diane was and finally learn the identity of her biological father director polley also poses a number of questions to viewers surrounding the nature of the truth and the importance of stories in our lives. Stories we tell centres around director sarah polley attempting to piece together her family history.

Prior to watching the trailer of stories we tell i watched an interview of sarah polley discussing this film. In her late 20s sarah polley learned that her mother had had an affair with a film producer in montreal and that although she was raised by michael polley her mother s. In stories we tell sarah polley plays with the documentary format to explore the nature of memory and storytelling crafting a thoughtful compelling narrative. In honor of the netflix release of sundance sensation dick johnson is dead we re looking back on other documentaries with deeply personal angles.

The hook is as immediate and tawdry as a tabloid headline or afternoon talk show. Sarah voiced a concern she had during the making of stories we tell. Directed by sarah polley. When actress turned filmmaker sarah polley premiered her feature film stories we tell on the fall festival circuit in 2012 no one knew exactly what to expect even polley while the.

In stories we tell the actress and director sarah polley sat down with relatives and friends to talk about her mother who died when ms. Stories we tell premiered august 29 2012 at the 69th venice international film festival then played at the 39th telluride film festival and the 37th. The film explores her family s secrets including one intimately related to polley s own identity. Stories we tell critics consensus.