I've Heard The Mermaids Singing
Buena Vista (1987)
Comedy, Drama, Queer Themes/Interest, Romance
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IMDB   6.7
83 mins USA / English
Region 1
Paule Baillargeon Gabrielle St. Peres
John Evans Warren
Ann-Marie MacDonald Mary Joseph
Sheila McCarthy Polly Vandersma
Richard Monette Clive
Brenda Kamino Waitress
Patricia Rozema Woman In Office Window
Director
Patricia Rozema
Producer Patricia Rozema
Don Haig
Writer/Composer Patricia Rozema
Cinematography Douglas Koch
Music Mark Korven


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.
Edition Details
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
References
Lists ‡ 50 Outstanding GLBT-Themed Films by Jim Clark, ‡ Rotten Tomatoes: 200 Best LGBT Movies of All Time
Rotten Critics Rating % (2021) 100
Rotten Best Queer #1-200 (2021) 29
Viewing Priority 2 Medium