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Stories We Tell - DVD/Les histoires qu'on raconte - DVD
Description
In this inspired, genre-twisting new film, Oscar®-nominated writer/director
Sarah Polley discovers 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 storytellers. She playfully interviews and interrogates a cast of
characters of varying reliability, eliciting refreshingly candid, yet mostly
contradictory, answers to the same questions. As each relates their version of
the family mythology, present-day recollections shift into nostalgia-tinged
glimpses of their mother, who departed too soon, leaving a trail of unanswered
questions. 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
personal 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 larger human story.
2013, 108 min 37 s
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