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Mississippi Mermaid

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Mississippi Mermaid
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PG,2hrs 3min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1969
Director:
François Truffaut
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Bouquet  ...more
Synopsis: A rare mid-career flop for director François Truffaut when it was released, Mississippi Mermaid has become a cult favorite, thanks in part to the availability of the original French version, which added 13 minutes to the U.S. release running time. Adapted from a story by William Irish, it's a noirish tale of a man who orders a mail-order bride but receives instead a con woman. Louis Mahe (Jean-Paul Belmondo) owns a tobacco factory on the remote Indian Ocean island of Reunion. His bride, Julie Roussel ... Full Synopsis
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Tom Wiener, AMG Review
Though it features the most attractive screen couple François Truffaut ever worked with and a love-conquers-all story, Mississippi Mermaid is also one of the darker films in the Truffaut canon. Louis (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is a tough businessman with the soul of a romantic, while Marion (Catherine Deneuve) is a hard-bitten realist who's living from one scam to another. Louis' belief in love offers Marion ... Full Review
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