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I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987)
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Overview
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Patricia Rozema (writer)
Release Date:
March 1988 (USA)
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Plot:
Scatterbrained Polly gets a job as a secretary in Gabrielle's art gallery. Gabrielle has a romantic relationship with the painter Mary...
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7 nominations
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Absolute Beauty
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Sheila McCarthy | ... | Polly Vandersma |
| Paule Baillargeon | ... | Gabrielle St. Peres |
| Ann-Marie MacDonald | ... | Mary Joseph |
| Richard Monette | ... | Clive |
| John Evans | ... | Warren |
| Brenda Kamino | ... | Waitress |
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Also Known As:
Le chant des sirènes (Canada: French title) (TV title)
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Rated R for brief strong language.
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UK:81 min | USA:81 min
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The title is a reference to a line in T.S. Eliot's poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" that reads: "I have heard the mermaids singing each to each / I do not think that they will sing to me."
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Quotes:
Polly Vandersma:
Isn't life the strangest thing you've ever seen?
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (2004) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
OPEN WINDOW
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What can one say? This is an utterly gorgeous film. It's sort of a cross between 'Brazil' and Woody Allen movies. You can always tell a good director by their choice of background music in their films. This film's director is expert at picking music that adds to the wonderment of many scenes perfectly. Polly the weirdo redhead was one of the great movie characters of the 1980's. You don't just see this film, you live it.