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.

Exotica

1994

English

7.0

♡ 61

95%

Atom Egoyan Director

Mia Kirshner as Christina

Maury Chaykin as Exotica Club Client

Bruce Greenwood as Francis

Sarah Polley as Tracey

In the upscale Toronto strip club Exotica, dancer Christina is visited nightly by the obsessive Francis, a depressed tax auditor. Her ex-boyfriend, the club's MC, Eric, still jealously pines for her even as he introduces her onstage, but Eric is having his own relationship problems with the club's female owner. Thomas, a mysterious pet-shop owner, is about to become unexpectedly involved in their lives.

No Such Thing

2001

English

6.0

♡ 11

33%

Hal Hartley Director

Sarah Polley as Beatrice

Damian Young as Berger

James Urbaniak as Concierge

Helen Mirren as The Boss

A young journalist journeys to Iceland to find her missing fiancé only to encounter a mythical creature who longs to die.

Splice

2009

English

5.8

♡ 79

75%

genetically modified organism

Vincenzo Natali Director

Adrien Brody as Clive Nicoli

Delphine Chanéac as Dren

Sarah Polley as Elsa Kast

David Hewlett as William Barlow

Elsa and Clive, two young rebellious scientists, defy legal and ethical boundaries and forge ahead with a dangerous experiment: splicing together human and animal DNA to create a new organism. Named "Dren", the creature rapidly develops from a deformed female infant into a beautiful but dangerous winged human-chimera, who forges a bond with both of her creators - only to have that bond turn deadly.

The Hanging Garden

1997

English

6.8

♡ 3

94%

Thom Fitzgerald Director

Joan Orenstein as Grace

Kerry Fox as Rosemary

Sarah Polley as Teen Rosemary

Peter MacNeill as Whiskey Mac

William, a once obese and troubled teen, goes back to his family's home after being gone, without word, for ten years and finds it (and his family) haunted with his past. He had moved to the city and become a fit, well-adjusted gay man, but during his visit home, he becomes unhinged as the newly remembered reasons for his miserable adolescence come to life in each of their presents.

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