i've heard the mermaids singing (1987)

polly, a shy and clumsy single girl, becomes the secretary of the beautiful and ambitious owner of a modern art gallery in toronto. this represents, in its display of haughty security in every social and private circumstance, an unattainable model of life for polly who often lets herself go to daydreams in which the roles are reversed. polly's boundless admiration for her boss undergoes a first trauma when she discovers the love affair between the director and a young artist. but the tragicomic decisive event will occur when the naive polly realizes that the object of her adoration has lied to her about her talent.