I've Heard the Mermaids Singing 36 years old

Isn't life the strangest thing you've ever seen?

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.

Credits

I've Heard the Mermaids Singing Cast

Name Character
Sheila McCarthy She was 31, now 68 years old as Polly Vandersma
Patricia Rozema She was 29, now 65 years old as Woman In Office Window
Ann-Marie MacDonald She was 28, now 65 years old as Mary Joseph
Brenda Kamino She was 35, now 72 years old as Waitress
Paule Baillargeon She was 42, now 78 years old as Gabrielle St. Peres
John Evans He was 213, 56 years old when he died as Warren

I've Heard the Mermaids Singing Crew

Name Department
Mark Korven as Original Music Composer. He was 34 (now 71) years old Sound
Ross Clydesdale as Casting. Production
Douglas Koch as Director of Photography. Camera
Alexandra Raffe as Producer. Production
Alexandra Raffe as Production Manager. Production
Valanne Ridgeway as Art Direction. Art
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing poster
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (36 years)

Isn't life the strangest thing you've ever seen?

  • Release day: Friday, September 11, 1987
  • Runtime: 81 minutes