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I've Heard the Mermaids Singing is a 1987 Canadian comedy-drama film written and directed by Patricia Rozema and starring Sheila McCarthy, Paule Baillargeon, and Ann-Marie MacDonald. It was the first English-language Canadian feature film to win an award at the Cannes Film Festival .
Polly (Sheila McCarthy), the heroine of "I've Heard the Mermaids Singing," is a 31-year-old Toronto woman who does not think the mermaids will sing to her. The most important thing in her life is photography, and sometimes she even dreams of the pictures she will take.
A charming and whimsical story about a daydreamer with artistic aspirations, Patricia Rozema's fanciful character study follows an amateur photographer Polly (Sheila McCarthy) as she lands a temp...
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- Sheila Mccarthy
181M subscribers. Subscribed. 12. Patricia Rozema’s charming, whimsical story about a waifish daydreamer with artistic aspirations is structured around a video-recorded confession. ...more.
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing – Official Re-Release Trailer. Returning to theaters March 11, 2022. This charming, whimsical story about a waifish daydreamer with artistic aspirations...
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- Kino Lorber
Currently you are able to watch "I've Heard the Mermaids Singing" streaming on Criterion Channel, Kino Film Collection. It is also possible to buy "I've Heard the Mermaids Singing" on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube as download or rent it on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube online.
- 81 min
I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing. Structured around a video-recorded confession, this charming, whimsical story about a waifish daydreamer with artistic aspirations won the Prix de la Jeunesse at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival and has since taken its place as a beloved lesbian classic.
