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Mississippi Mermaid
"The bride came as advertised... with an unadvertised special."
User Score215 votes
66%6.6/10
Release1969→
Runtime2H 3M
LanguageFrench
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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.
Principal Cast8

Jean-Paul Belmondo
Louis Mahé

Catherine Deneuve
Julie Roussel

Michel Bouquet
Comolli

Nelly Borgeaud
Berthe

Martine Ferrière
Landlady

Marcel Berbert
Jardine
Yves Drouhet
Detective
Roland Thénot
Richard
Media20
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François Truffaut
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Budget$2M
Revenue$7M
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RKeywords
exotic islandlove of one's lifemarriageplantationlonely hearts adfemme fatalebeautiful womanmail order bridefrench noirpersonal adidentity swapcrime of passioncorrespondenceson the lamcon artist womanbank account drainedplantation ownerfugitive lovershitchcockiantobacco plantation
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