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Overview

User Rating:
6.9/10   771 votes
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Director:

Patricia Rozema

Writer:

Patricia Rozema (writer)

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Release Date:

March 1988 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy | Drama 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)


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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.

Runtime:

UK:81 min | USA:81 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada


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Trivia:

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

Soundtrack:

OPEN WINDOW more


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A Stunningly Realised Piece of Work-= get it now, 25 June 2002
10/10
Author: Greg Redwood from London, UK

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.

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