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.


As quoted in "Patricia Rozema : I've Heard the Mermaids Singing" (1997) in Film Fatales : Independent Women Directors by Victoria A. Brownworth, and Judith M. Redding, p. 208

Patricia Rozema Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...