I've Heard the Mermaids Singing

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Directed by

Patricia Rozema

Starring

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

Written by

Patricia Rozema

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2 years ago at Apr 16 0:02

fernando

(Mu) Rozema has her flair, her charm, her great character here, Polly in love with she doesn't knoe exactl what. She is pure light against snobbish boss, art and arty prejudices an background...

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Description: I've Heard the Mermaids Singing effectively shifts from black and white to color and back again to make its artistic statement. Sheila McCarthy stars as a self-effacing amateur photographer who goes to work for yuppie art curator Paule Baillargeon. Ms. McCarthy expresses her admiration for Ms. Baillargeon by secretly submitting the latter's paintings to some appreciative critics. Baillargeon responds by behaving atrociously towards McCarthy. This shakes up McCarthy to the point that she realizes she'll never succeed as an artist on her own terms long as she hides behind the accomplishments of others. This apparently autobiograph ... (more)

Release date: 1 March 1988
UPC: 786936230130

Tags: (2), Lesbian (2), Imagination (1), Pretension (1), SnP (1), Social Awkwardness (1), Sort (1), Independant (1), Spiritual Cinema (1), Art Museum (1), Secretary (1), Fantasy Sequence (1), Drama (1), Lgbt (1), Unrequited Love (1), Museum (1), Glbt (1), Gay (1), Magical Realism (1), Art (1)

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fernando posted a review 2 years ago

“(Mu) Rozema has her flair, her charm, her great character here, Polly in love with she doesn't knoe exactl what. She is pure light against snobbish boss, art and arty prejudices an background...” read more