Quick Facts
DirectorFrançois Truffaut
Runtime2h 3m · R
GenresCrime · Drama · Romance · Thriller
Release1969-06-18
Film
Mississippi Mermaid
1969· R· 2h 3m· Crime· Drama· Romance· Thriller
“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.
1969-06-18
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Key Crew
DirectorFrançois Truffaut
ProducerFrançois Truffaut
Director of PhotographyDenys Clerval
Original Music ComposerAntoine Duhamel
EditorAgnès Guillemot
Full cast & crew (8 cast · 22 crew)
Details
Released1969-06-18
Runtime2h 3m · R
StatusReleased
StudiosProduzioni Associate Delphos · Les Films du Carrosse · Les Productions Artistes Associés
Budget$2M
Box office$7M
LanguagesFrench
CountriesFrance · Italy
Rating6.6/10 · 219 votes
Original languagefr
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