Sarah Polley
3 titles · american independent
Polley was a child actor before she directed, and her films are about how people tell the truth to themselves. In Away from Her, married for nearly fifty years, Fiona and Grant face her Alzheimer's. Stories We Tell investigates Polley's own family secrets through interviews with her relatives. Women Talking follows the women of an isolated religious community debating whether to stay, fight or leave.
Signature
- Memory and self-deception.
- Documentary blended with reenactment (Stories We Tell).
- Women in conversation.
- Adaptations of Alice Munro and Miriam Toews.
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