Stories We Tell
2012 · 109 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 14,335 VOTES · DIR. Sarah Polley
Overview
Canadian actress and filmmaker Sarah Polley investigates certain secrets related to her mother, interviewing a group of family members and friends whose reliability varies depending of their implication in the events, which are remembered in different ways; so a trail of questions remains to be answered, because memory is always changing and the discovery of truth often depends on who is telling the tale.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,905 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:31 (PIANO PLAYING FOLK TUNE)
00:05:23 "even in the mystery of nothingness.
00:09:18 and she met Michael in one of those plays
00:13:38 Diane would be doing 10 things at the same time
00:18:05 you know, work ethic
00:22:19 and said that she was pregnant, that it wasn't planned
00:26:26 We never talked about any of the things
00:31:05 talking about this big weekend that she and Michael had had
00:35:14 making a huge deal about you having red hair.
00:39:44 As we became very close during that conversation
00:43:49 When you're in love like that, you become utterly selfish.
00:48:07 SUSY: The trigger, the thing that compelled her to leave then and there
00:53:11 come live with me.
00:58:06 something that I felt bad about and regretted.
01:02:09 "To save all hurts
01:06:47 kind of begets other truths.
01:10:45 "and made a bit of an effort to clean up my living space a little.
01:14:54 "what a remarkable story she'd thrown into my lap.
01:19:10 And then we would show it to each other at the end, and...
01:23:32 just to be about his story of meeting Diane and being with her
01:27:21 "which is almost always the case
01:32:57 "just as we begin to see her face?"
01:39:08 "Of the other possible outcome, there is nothing.
01:43:42 I'll have to tell you that we did sleep together once.
Cast & Characters
Michael Polley
Self - Storyteller
John Buchan
Self - Storyteller
Mark Polley
Self - Storyteller
Joanna Polley
Self - Storyteller
Harry Gulkin
Self - Storyteller
Susy Buchan
Self - Storyteller
Cathy Gulkin
Self - Storyteller
Marie Murphy
Self - Storyteller
Robert MacMillan
Self - Storyteller
Anne Tait
Self - Storyteller
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,905
Dialogue density17.5 lines / min
First line00:00:31
Final line01:43:42
Production Record
DirectorSarah Polley
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes14,335