I'Ve Heard The Mermaids Singing

A first feature from 29-year-old Canadian director Rozema which stormed onto the international film scene by winning the Cannes Film Festival's Prix de la Jeunesse, or Youth Prize. Filmed on 16mm for under $300,000, the film employs both color and black-and-white photography as well as video. The story revolves around McCarthy, a 31-year-old amateur photographer who is too "organizationally impaired" to find steady work as a secretary. She gets hired at an upscale art gallery as an assistant to curator Baillargeon and the two hold a mutual curiosity/admiration for one another. McCarthy looks up to Baillargeon, but is shocked to discover that she is carrying ...