Earlier today I saw — and highly recommend — “Stories We Tell”, a riveting and thought-provoking 2012 documentary directed by Sarah Polley of Ontario with major support by the National Film Board of Canada. While the surface-level story is about the members of a family recounting their personal perspectives on the once carefree and now-deceased family matriarch and a secret that she kept from them, this wonderful, award-winning film goes further by gently prompting its viewers to reflect on the nature of truth, memory, relationships and certain aspects of the human condition. The way in which this loving family and friends deal with these perplexing issues is a beautiful example of a kind of grace to be treasured.
“Stories We Tell” also very much brings to mind Jeff Lemire’s Essex County, which eloquently uses the graphic novel genre to ponder tricky issues of truth and memory and which, coincidentally, also involves the search for meaning after the revelation of long-held family secrets.
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Thank you for the teaser about what seems like an interesting film… and the link, of course.
oh, where can I get to see the full length one?
Elisa, I should have (and just now) added the link to the official site for the film, which has screening info. I think the documentary has made the festival circuit and is now slowly being released more broadly.
Thanks!
Interesting movie… How many of us wish we had a different life!!
And, of course, be happy with the one we have.