I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987)

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Awkward, shy and delightfully funny, Polly Vandersma 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.

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Director

Patricia Rozema

Stars

Sheila McCarthy
Polly Vandersma

Paule Baillargeon
Gabrielle St. Peres

Ann-Marie MacDonald
Mary Joseph

Richard Monette
Clive

John Evans
Warren

Brenda Kamino
Waitress

Patricia Rozema
Woman in Office Window (uncredited)

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Keywords

woman director, art, painting, art gallery, toronto

Production

Téléfilm Canada, National Film Board of Canada, The Ontario Film Development Corporation, Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council, The

Actor

Sheila McCarthy, Paule Baillargeon, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Richard Monette, John Evans, Brenda Kamino, Patricia Rozema

Creators

Ronald Sanders (Consulting Editor), Mark Korven (Original Music Composer), Ross Clydesdale (Casting), Patricia Rozema (Director), Douglas Koch (Director of Photography), Rebecca Jenkins (Vocals), Steve Munro (Sound Editor), Alexandra Raffe (Producer), Beth Pasternak (Wardrobe Coordinator), Valanne Ridgeway (Art Direction), Egidio Coccimiglio (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Michael Allder (Thanks), Debbie Nightingale (Thanks), Maria Armstrong (Casting), Don Haig (Executive Producer), Gavin Coford (Clapper Loader), Stephen Lynch (Makeup Artist), Peter Miskimmin (Props), James Musselman (Foley Recordist), John Switzer (Music Coordinator), John Pace (First Assistant Director), Tom Quinn (Second Second Assistant Director), Michael Werth (Assistant Editor), David Owen (Gaffer), Dennis Kane (Grip), Gord Thompson (Location Sound Recordist), Jake Fry (Assistant Art Director), Martine Matthews (Costume Design), Alexandra Z. (Costume Design), Arlene Hazzan Green (Second Assistant Director), Peter Dykhuis (Sculptor), Michele Moses (Location Sound Recordist), Blake Balentine (Grip), Gregory Palermo (Grip), Durwin Partridge (Assistant Camera), Cellophane Idea (Location Scout), Michelle Pelchat (Location Scout), Louise Shekter (Continuity), Frank Doria (Generalist), Debbie Honsberger (Generalist), Wojtek Kozlinski (Generalist), Jolynn Sommervill (Generalist), Donna Wong-Juliani (Thanks)

Alternative titles

Ho sentito le sirene cantare (IT)
Der Gesang der Meerjungfrauen (DE)

Release dates

11.09.1987 (US)
01.03.1988 (US)
26.03.2022 (US)
01.05.1987 (FR)
30.09.1987 (FR)
10.09.1987 (CA)