Mermaids is a 1990 comedy-drama film directed by Richard Benjamin and starring Cher, Bob Hoskins, Winona Ryder (who was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for best supporting actress for her role), and Christina Ricci in her first film role. The film is based on the 1986 novel of the same title written by Patty Dann.
Mermaids is narrated in the first person by Charlotte Flax, a 15-year-old girl living with her mother (whom she calls "Mrs. Flax") ...
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Mermaids is a 1990 comedy-drama film directed by Richard Benjamin and starring Cher, Bob Hoskins, Winona Ryder (who was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for best supporting actress for her role), and Christina Ricci in her first film role. The film is based on the 1986 novel of the same title written by Patty Dann.
Mermaids is narrated in the first person by Charlotte Flax, a 15-year-old girl living with her mother (whom she calls "Mrs. Flax") and her sister, Kate. Kate calls her mother by her given name, "Rachel". The narration begins in early fall, 1963, just as the girls' mother's latest fling with her married employer ends and she decides to relocate once again. This time, she and the girls move into a new home near a convent in the small town of Eastport, Massachusetts. Charlotte has an obsession with Catholicism and idolizes the nuns living in the convent near the house. She is always reminded by her mother, "Charlotte, we're Jewish."
Charlotte is especially interested in Joe,...
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