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I've Heard the Mermaids Singing

Directed by Patricia Rozema

Release: 1987
Runtime: 81
Country: Canada
Language: English

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 her 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.

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.

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  • Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
  • Color: Color

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AFI Silver Silver Spring 1654401600June 5 - June 10, 2022
Alamo Drafthouse Los Angeles Los Angeles 1647576000March 18 - March 25, 2022
ByTowne Cinema Ottawa 1648440000March 28 - March 30, 2022
Cinema Beaubien Montreal 1646974800March 11 - March 18, 2022
Cleveland Cinematheque Cleveland 1654833600June 10 - July 8, 2022
Coral Gables Art Cinema Coral Gables 1650081600April 16 - April 15, 2022
Denver Film / Sie FilmCenter Denver 1649908800April 14 - April 19, 2022
FilmScene Iowa City 1648094400March 24 - March 18, 2022
Kan-Kan Cinema Indianapolis 1647576000March 18 - March 25, 2022
Lightbox Film Center Philadelphia 1648267200March 26 - April 1, 2022
Metrograph New York 1646974800March 11 - March 18, 2022
Nitehawk Cinema Brooklyn 1651896000May 7 - May 9, 2022
Rio Theatre Vancouver 1650427200April 20 - April 27, 2022
Salt Lake Film Society Salt Lake City 1646974800March 11 - March 18, 2022
SIFF Film Center Seattle 1652414400May 13 - May 17, 2022
TIFF Bell Lightbox Toronto 1652500800May 14 - May 16, 2022
Zeitgeist Theatre Arabi 1648526400March 29 - April 1, 2022