La sirène du Mississipi (1969)
Release Year: 1969
Alternative Title: Francois Truffaut's Mississippi Mermaid, A Mississippi szirénje, A Sereia do Mississípi, Das Geheimnis der falschen Braut, Den falske brud
Director: François Truffaut
Writer: Cornell Woolrich, François Truffaut
Production & Genre
Producer: Producer: Marcel Berbert, François Truffaut
Companies: Produzioni Associate Delphos, Les Films du Carrosse, Les Productions Artistes Associés
Genre: Drama, Film Based On A Novel, Romance
Budget: 1.600.000
Awards & Similar
Awards: N/A
Similar:
Keywords
Keywords: exotic island, love of one's life, marriage, plantation, lonely hearts ad, femme fatale, beautiful woman, mail order bride, french noir, personal ad, identity swap, crime of passion, correspondences, on the lam, con artist woman, bank account drained, plantation owner, fugitive lovers, hitchcockian, tobacco plantation
Story
Louis Mahe, a tobacco planter at Reunion Island, has been corresponding with Julie Roussel and is eagerly awaiting her arrival to marry him. When she arrives, Louis discovers that the woman he married is not Julie but Marion, who has posed as his intended. Despite this revelation, they marry, and Marion soon runs off with Louis' money. Louis sets out to find Marion.
Summary
La sirène du Mississipi (1969), directed by François Truffaut, is a drama based on the novel 'The Sirens of the Mississippi' by Jean-René Huguenin. The film explores themes of love, deception, and obsession through the story of Louis Mahe's pursuit of his wife Marion after she disappears with his money.
