I'VE HEARD THE MERMAIDS SINGING
Special Features: 35th Anniversary; New 4K Restoration
This charming, whimsical story about a waifish daydreamer with artistic aspirations is structured around a video-recorded confession. In Patricia Rozema's fanciful character study, aspiring photographer Polly (comedian Sheila McCarthy) lands a job at a Toronto art gallery run by Gabrielle (Paule Baillargeon), who is also a painter. Polly is impressed with Gabrielle's paintings, but as Polly gets to know Gabrielle's lover Mary (Ann-Marie MacDonald) and becomes entangled in their lives, she realizes Gabrielle isn't exactly who she appears to be. The gauche, absent-minded temp with spiky orange hair and the polished, bourgeois curator with a gift for gab are like night and day, yet a strong connection builds between these two women through their shared love of art and their genuine curiosity and appetite for love. Winner of the Prix de la Jeunesse at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. (Note courtesy of Kino Lorber.) DIR/SCR/PROD Patricia Rozema; PROD Alexandra Raffe. Canada, 1987, color, 81 min. RATED R
AFI Member passes accepted.
To commemorate Canada 150, this film was digitally restored by Library and Archives Canada, Cinematheque Quebecoise, The Cinematheque and TIFF. 4K Restoration made possible by The Government of Canada, Canada 150, RBC, Ontario 150 and Telefilm.
Run Time: 81 Minutes
Opening Date: Sunday, June 05, 2022
Genre: Comedy-drama
