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Le Chant des sirènes

Titre original : I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
  • 1987
  • Tous publics
  • 1h 23min
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6,7/10
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Sheila McCarthy in Le Chant des sirènes (1987)
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2 Videos
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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueScatterbrained 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 re... Tout lireScatterbrained 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 the younger painter Mary, Polly becomes jealous,... Tout lireScatterbrained 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 the younger painter Mary, Polly becomes jealous, and discovers Gabrielle is not who she claims to be.

  • Réalisation
    • Patricia Rozema
  • Scénario
    • Patricia Rozema
  • Casting principal
    • Sheila McCarthy
    • Paule Baillargeon
    • Ann-Marie MacDonald
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
  • NOTE IMDb
    6,7/10
    2 k
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    • Réalisation
      • Patricia Rozema
    • Scénario
      • Patricia Rozema
    • Casting principal
      • Sheila McCarthy
      • Paule Baillargeon
      • Ann-Marie MacDonald
    • 23avis d'utilisateurs
    • 27avis des critiques
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
    • Récompenses
      • 3 victoires et 7 nominations au total

    Vidéos2

    I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
    Trailer 2:15
    I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
    I've Heard the Mermaids Singing - 2022 US re-release trailer
    Trailer 2:15
    I've Heard the Mermaids Singing - 2022 US re-release trailer
    I've Heard the Mermaids Singing - 2022 US re-release trailer
    Trailer 2:15
    I've Heard the Mermaids Singing - 2022 US re-release trailer

    Photos12

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    Rôles principaux7

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    Sheila McCarthy
    Sheila McCarthy
    • Polly Vandersma
    Paule Baillargeon
    Paule Baillargeon
    • Gabrielle St. Peres
    Ann-Marie MacDonald
    • Mary Joseph
    Richard Monette
    • Clive
    John Evans
    John Evans
    • Warren
    Brenda Kamino
    Brenda Kamino
    • Waitress
    Patricia Rozema
    Patricia Rozema
    • Woman In Office Window
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    • Réalisation
      • Patricia Rozema
    • Scénario
      • Patricia Rozema
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    tedg

    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    Wow. There are four rather fine things in this, and one that ruins it all.

    First the good. The key role is perfectly realized. Though the supporting actors and the way things are staged are mundane, this actress and the writer/directer created someone memorable. This was Napoleon Dynamite before he was cool.

    While dialog and pacing are uneven, the music isn't. It is uniformly apt. The performance and the music alone are just about enough to sustain the thing until the end.

    And there's one brilliant piece of stagecraft. Some paintings figure in the plot. These paintings have impressed our heroine who -- it is made explicit -- is our narrator. She describes them as miraculous and when they are shown, they are blank, white glowing rectangles. Until this point, the imaginary and real segments are clearly distinguished, and when we see this clever trick, we move forward on our chair, waiting for what is next.

    And the final great thing is the way the thing is structured. In several ways, we are told that this is an artwork that is about artwork and the "message" is both in the story and how the story is told: there are matters of authorship and genuineness; a bit about filming and being filmed; other bits about reality and representations of reality. Hey, we see, this is one smart woman behind this. And we lean ever more forward in the chair, ready to leap.

    And then the end hits us with such a banal notion that we are gobsmacked back. Hey! Is that all? All that energy and cleverness to tell us something Art Linkletter or Reader's Digest could (and does)? Jees.

    Ted's Evaluation -- 2 of 3: Has some interesting elements.
    10danaput

    I want to be buried with this movie.

    I usually don't watch movies more than once. But this lovely film is one that I have regular cravings for. It is so smart, unpretentious, and unassuming. It's subtle and multi-layered and such a treat to view.

    It's a quiet film too, with refreshing insights and ideas about relationships. The contemplative pace of the film gives you time to enjoy the ideas and feelings that come up in the characters and in yourself. On more than one occasion while watching the film my breath was taken away with surprise and delight.

    I guess another draw for me is the female characters: how refreshing to meet women who are multidimensional, portrayed with authority and authenticity (and having interesting faces I could watch forever).

    And I love how the story is so simple, a late bloomer's coming of age (or rather coming into her creativity)--a 'bildungsroman' in a film about art.

    Thanks Patricia Rozema et al! What a treasure.
    harry-lin

    One of my all-time favorite movies

    I first saw this Canadian film when it was released in 1987. I was a college undergraduate, and the film has never left my memory since then. The movie is original, startling, lovely, hilarious, and thought-provoking.

    It's a shame that it hasn't been made available on DVD, but I read on the director's official Web site (patriciarozema.com) that Miramax Films is going to re-release the movie. That's exciting! Perhaps they'll also release it on DVD. (Miramax, if you're reading this -- put it out on DVD!)

    If you ever have a chance to see this film, see it.
    7mjneu59

    charming insignificance

    Good things often come in surprisingly small packages, and this Canadian export is a very small thing indeed: a low budget sleeper describing the private world of Polly Vandersma, the 'organizationally impaired' Person Friday and part-time assistant for the curator of a high-brow Toronto art gallery. Painfully shy, prone to daydreams and distraction, socially inept and insecure, Polly is a simple person attracted to what she calls 'art things': obscure painting, modern architecture, the oblique language of intellectuals. It's a world she's not well equipped for (to say the least), and after developing an innocent crush on her curator boss she learns the hard way exactly how cold the world of 'art things' can be. Her story is both poignant and funny, built around the framing device of Polly's odd, confessional video diary, in which she recounts the one, glorious moment in her otherwise negligible life when she broke free of her shell. But the real secret behind the fragile charm of the movie is Sheila McCarthy's disarming star performance, capturing all of Polly's clumsy optimism and curiosity. Originally shown with 'Paradiso', a long (long) animated wet dream from the Age of Aquarius.
    10sibie

    Absolutely Magical!

    The wonder of this film, like one of the paintings it features, can't be described in words. It is pure magic in the most abstract form! One can't help but adore Polly's originality (Sheila McCarthy). This is a fantastically crafted and acted film. It will trigger your imagination and place a smile on your face. After the film is over, you won't be able to stop dreaming. I can't watch it enough! It is very sad that it is no longer in print (at least last I checked) and I am very lucky to have purchased it in the Laser Disc format when I did. I have been a fan of this film since I was 20 and am still a fan 14 years

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    • Anecdotes
      Writer-director Patricia Rozema has said of this film: "Our voices, our representation of ourselves, have been in the hands of others, namely men, since the beginning of the mediums of film and television. My main character in Le Chant des sirènes (1987) videotaped a confession that is used through the film. It's her way of having control over her definition of herself" and "I have become post facto a representative of the country. So if you ask, 'Is Mermaids a Canadian film? It has become one. It has become a means whereby people characterize Canadian film. I think in the creation of Mermaids, I did see it in political terms. I thought of the underdog. Canada is not a superpower by any means. It's very quietly, comfortably democratic, but it's plagued by a sense of inferiority".
    • Citations

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

    • Versions alternatives
      Also available in a computer colorized version.
    • Connexions
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Princess Bride/China Girl/The Big Town/The Pick-Up Artist/I've Heard the Mermaids Sing (1987)
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    Détails

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    • Date de sortie
      • 30 septembre 1987 (France)
    • Pays d’origine
      • Canada
    • Langue
      • Anglais
    • Aussi connu sous le nom de
      • I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
    • Lieux de tournage
      • Scarborough Bluffs, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Sociétés de production
      • National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
      • Ontario Arts Council
      • Ontario Film Development Corporation
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    Box-office

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    • Budget
      • 362 000 $CA (estimé)
    • Montant brut aux États-Unis et au Canada
      • 1 415 394 $US
    • Week-end de sortie aux États-Unis et au Canada
      • 25 998 $US
      • 13 sept. 1987
    • Montant brut mondial
      • 1 415 394 $US
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    • Durée
      • 1h 23min(83 min)
    • Couleur
      • Black and White
      • Color
    • Mixage
      • Mono

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