I've Heard the Mermaids Singing

Name/Title

I've Heard the Mermaids Singing

Entry/Object ID

2024.7.27

Description

Chosen to premiere at the Director's Fortnight at Cannes, Patricia Rozema's debut feature won standing ovations and made its star an overnight celebrity. Awkward, shy, and delightfully funny, Polly Vandersma (Sheila McCarthy) is an "organizationally impaired" temporary assistant who finally gets her first permanent job at the age or 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. This film was voted by 100 international critics as one of Canada's 10 best films ever.

Secondary Title

Isn't Life the Strangest Thing You've Ever Seen?

Aspect Ratio

1.66:1

Category

DVD
Film/Video

Motion Picture Details

Genre

Comedy-drama

Runtime

1:23:00

Director

Patricia Rozema

Writer

Patricia Rozema

Cast

Sheila McCarthy

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Web Links and URLs

Kanopy

Copyright

Copyright Date

1989

Create Date

June 3, 2025

Update Date

June 10, 2025