I'VE HEARD THE MERMAIDS SINGING

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.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• NEW 4K RESTORATION, made possible by The Government of Canada, Canada 150, RBC, Ontario 150 and Telefilm.
• Audio commentary by director Patricia Rozema
• Introduction by Patricia Rozema (courtesy of Metrograph)
• Q&A with Patricia Rozema moderated by Laurie Anderson (courtesy of Metrograph)
• Video essay by Daniel Kremer
• Re-release trailer