Stories We Tell

Sarah Polley

Sort of a documentary. She casts actors as various members of her family and stages/re-enacts scenes from the past that illustrate the story she wants to tell...viz her mother had an affair and Sarah was fathered by a man not her father.

It's hard not to think of this as self-absorption. Early one of the characters asks...who cares about our family? Good question. Not me.

This was interesting for an hour or so but the attempt at creating suspense began to get thin and then faded completely. The sister said...all families have stories...and they're fascinating to the players but to others...not so much. This reminded me of the film done by Sandrine Bonnaire about her retarded sister. That wasn't very good either.

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