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Mississippi Mermaid

The bride came as advertised... with an unadvertised special.

Film19692h 3mReleased

DramaThrillerCrimeRomance
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Director
François Truffaut
Language
French
Released
1969-06-18
Runtime
2h 3m

Community score

6.6220 votes on TMDB

Confidence

Rating weighted by how many people voted

6.5

The story

A tobacco planter on Réunion island in the Indian Ocean becomes engaged through correspondence to a French woman he does not know. The woman that arrives does not look like the picture he received, but he marries her anyway.

Cast

  • Jean-Paul Belmondo
    Jean-Paul BelmondoLouis Mahé
  • Catherine Deneuve
    Catherine DeneuveJulie Roussel
  • Michel Bouquet
    Michel BouquetComolli
  • Nelly Borgeaud
    Nelly BorgeaudBerthe
  • Martine Ferrière
    Martine FerrièreLandlady
  • Marcel Berbert
    Marcel BerbertJardine
  • Yves Drouhet — artwork unavailable
    Yves DrouhetDetective
  • Roland Thénot — artwork unavailable
    Roland ThénotRichard