Sarah Polley

Studio 360

Kurt talks with Canadian actress Sarah Polley, who has just made the leap to directing. Her first feature film, Away From Her, stars movie legend Julie Christie. Twenty-something and recently married, Polley wasn’t interested in young love; instead she based her film on a short story (by Canadian Alice Munro) about a couple dealing with Alzheimer’s disease.

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