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Mississippi Mermaid
The bride came as advertised... with an unadvertised special.
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.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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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.
More about Mississippi Mermaid
Cast
Jean-Paul BelmondoLouis Mahé
Catherine DeneuveJulie Roussel
Michel BouquetComolli
Nelly BorgeaudBerthe
Martine FerrièreLandlady
Marcel BerbertJardineCredits
- Directed by
- François Truffaut
- Written by
- Cornell Woolrich
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Original title
- La Sirène du Mississipi
- Budget
- $1.6M
- Box office
- $7.4M
Production
- Produzioni Associate DelphosItaly
Les Films du CarrosseFrance- Les Productions Artistes AssociésFrance
