Mississippi Mermaid poster

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

Mississippi Mermaid

6.6 / 10 6.6 1969 2h 3mR

RomanceDramaCrimeThriller

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.

Directed by François Truffaut

VISUAL NOTES

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CAST

The people behind the story

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

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Yves DrouhetDetective

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Roland ThénotRichard