Mississippi Mermaid (1969)
- 7.0
- 110 mins
- Mystery, Thriller
Storyline
Louis Mahe is a tobacco planter at Reunion Island. He is waiting for Julie Roussel to marry him. He only knows her by mail. The woman that comes does not like the picture he got, but he marries her anyway. Soon, she flees with Louis' money. She was not the real Julie Roussel but Marion. Louis tries to find her... Another Truffaut's film about passion.—Yepok
Plot Keywords
mail-order bride, wealthy man, con artist, private investigator, wife, winsome, tense, emotional, island, south of france, household, reunion, scam, robbery, on the run, assumed identity, husband/wife relationship, betrayal, discovery, love, transformation, pursuit, 1960s
Short Review
The redemptive power of love is joined with a stifled guffaw of irony.
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