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118 Ratings

I've Heard the Mermaids Singing

Directed by Patricia Rozema

Canada, 1987

Comedy, Drama, Gay & Lesbian

81

Synopsis

Scatterbrained Polly gets a job as a secretary in Gabrielle’s art gallery. Polly aspires to be a professional photographer, and idolizes Gabrielle for her artistic ability. When Gabrielle rekindles an old romantic relationship with a younger painter, Polly becomes jealous.

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I've Heard the Mermaids Singing Directed by Patricia Rozema

Awards & Festivals

Cannes Film Festival

1987 | Winner: Award of the Youth (Foreign Film)

Toronto International Film Festival

1987

BFI London Film Festival

1987

Outfest: Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

2007

Cast & Crew

What are people saying?

Michael Zyx MH Claes's rating of the film I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
Michael Zyx MH Claes

Half lesbian soap, half blunders movie as in a Jerry LEWIS comedy. Very outdated & uninteresting. ======= Mi-soap lesbien, mi film de gaffes genre "Grand Blond avec une Chaussure Noire". Très démodé & sans intérêt.
April 17, 2017 12:55
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FISCHER's rating of the film I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
FISCHER

>>> Oeuvre étonnamment drôle, quelquefois émouvante qui ne peut laisser indifférent, avec ce personnage féminin, en marge et en imagination permanentes, une sorte de Jerry Lewis en jupons mâtiné de loufoquerie keatonienne, avec une anthologique séquence d'humour et de spontanéité dans un huppé restaurant japonais de Toronto... www.cinefiches.com
April 27, 2017 10:11
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Roy's rating of the film I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
Roy

Miranda July must have seen that film.
November 04, 2015 03:13
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PhKa's rating of the film I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
PhKa

so eightie's !
April 04, 2017 06:17
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Marco Della Motta's rating of the film I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
Marco Della Motta

Playful, eccentric, and touchingly funny.
June 14, 2016 20:57
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Bafzer's rating of the film I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
Bafzer

Great movie
May 29, 2016 21:01
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