Citation :
« 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. »
-- Patricia Rozema

Source :
BROWNWORTH, Victoria A. et Judith M. REDDING « Patricia Rozema: I've Heard the Mermaids Singing » , dans Film Fatales: Independent Women Directors, Seattle, Seal Press, 1997. [en anglais] (p. 208)