I've Heard the Mermaids Singing

I've Heard the Mermaids Singing

81 mins | Drama, Comedy | Sept. 11, 1987

Awkward, shy and delightfully funny, Polly Vandersma is an "organizationally impaired" temporary assistant who finally gets her first permanent job at the age of 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.

I've Heard the Mermaids Singing

81 mins | Drama, Comedy | Sept. 11, 1987

I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
Awkward, shy and delightfully funny, Polly Vandersma is an "organizationally impaired" temporary assistant who finally gets her first permanent job at the age of 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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Téléfilm Canada, The Ontario Film Development Corporation, National Film Board of Canada, Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council, The
Original title I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
Directors Louise Shekter, Arlene Hazzan Green, Tom Quinn, John Pace, Patricia Rozema
Writers Patricia Rozema

Cast

Sheila McCarthy

as Polly Vandersma

Paule Baillargeon

as Gabrielle St. Peres

Ann-Marie MacDonald

as Mary Joseph

Richard Monette

as Clive

John Evans

as Warren

Brenda Kamino

as Waitress

Patricia Rozema

as Woman in Office Window (uncredited)