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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
Patricia Rozema (writer)
Release Date:
March 1988 (USA) more
Plot:
Scatterbrained Polly gets a job as a secretary in Gabrielle's art gallery. Gabrielle has a romantic relationship with the painter Mary... more | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins & 7 nominations more
User Comments:
A Stunningly Realised Piece of Work-= get it now more (15 total)
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 |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Le chant des sirènes (Canada: French title) (TV title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for brief strong language.
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Runtime:
UK:81 min | USA:81 min
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1.66 : 1 more
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Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Australia:M | Sweden:Btl | UK:15 | USA:R
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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." more
Quotes:
Polly Vandersma: Isn't life the strangest thing you've ever seen? more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (2004) (TV) more
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OPEN WINDOW more
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One of my top ten favorite films of all time, this is beautifully put together- I can't fault the film in any area, other than its not been released on DVD yet. This is easily the best film to come out of Canada, and Patricia Rozema will have a hard time bettering it. The whole movie plays like an ethereal dream with occasional lapses into consciousness. There are some very funny pieces, and some touching moments too. If you ever rent or buy a film because of a review on here, let it be this one, its totally brilliant, and one of the only films ever to be given a standing ovation by the critics in Cannes when it was first shown.
Truly magical.