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I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987)

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Runtime: 82 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Polly (Sheila McCarthy), a klutzy kook, gets a job in a trendy art gallery and masters the fine art of getting into trouble. In a major gaffe,she hangs a piece of art she credits to her boss... Polly (Sheila McCarthy), a klutzy kook, gets a job in a trendy art gallery and masters the fine art of getting into trouble. In a major gaffe,she hangs a piece of art she credits to her boss Gabrielle (Paule Baillargeon), but which really was created by Gabrielle's lover Mary (Ann-Marie MacDonald). The crush she develops on Gabrielle only adds to her fantasies and riotous realities. [More]

Starring: Sheila McCarthy, Paule Baillargeon, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Richard Monette

Starring: Sheila McCarthy, Paule Baillargeon, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Richard Monette, John Evans

Director: Patricia Rozema

Director: Patricia Rozema
Producer: Patricia Rozema

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Jan 13, 2004

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  • Chosen to premiere at the Director's Fortnight at Cannes, Patricia Rozema's debut feature won standing ovations and made its star an overnight celebrity. Awkward, shy, and delightfully funny, Polly Vandersma (Sheila McCarthy) is an "organizationally impaired" temporary assistant who finally gets her first permanent job at the age of 31. While she works for the curator of an art gallery, Polly narrates her own story, sharing the comical and bittersweet pretensions of the art world. At the same time, she reveals a special part of her own private world, taking the viewer to enchanted places in this quiet assault on the notion of authority everywhere. This film was voted by 100 International Critics as one of Canada's 10 best films ever.
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