Mississippi Mermaid
The bride came as advertised... with an unadvertised special.
The bride came as advertised... with an unadvertised special.
Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
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1969
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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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Details
Runtime:
123 min
Release date:
18 Jun 1969
Country:
FR, IT
Languages:
French
Budget:
$1,600,000
Revenue:
$7,356,000
Awards:
N/A
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Mississippi is a film noir shot in dazzling color, a Hitchcock movie with the soul of a Jean Renoir drama.
– Ty Burr,
Boston Globe,
29 Apr 2010
fresh:
Try to view this tale of a siren's song as something chewier than a cover version of Hitch's greatest hits, and what's left is a facile take on l'amour fou.
– David Fear,
Time Out New York,
8 Jul 2009
fresh:
Truffaut's frequently overlooked eighth feature isn't kid stuff.
– Melissa Anderson,
Village Voice,
8 Jul 2009
fresh:
It defies easy definition and blithely triumphs over what initially appears to be structural schizophrenia. It is the creation of a superior moviemaker who works eccentrically in the classical tradition.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
8 Jun 2003
rotten:
One of the director's weakest films.
– Amy Taubin,
Village Voice,
1 Jan 2000