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Mississippi Mermaid ()

La sirène du Mississipi (original title)
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A wealthy plantation owner is captivated by a mysterious woman with a shady past.
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Louis Mahé
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Julie Roussel / Marion Vergano
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Berthe
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Landlady
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Jardine
Yves Drouhet ...
Detective
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Comolli
Roland Thénot ...
Richard

Directed by

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François Truffaut

Written by

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Cornell Woolrich ... (based on the novel by) (as William Irish)
 
François Truffaut ... (adaptation and dialogue)

Produced by

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Marcel Berbert ... executive producer

Music by

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Antoine Duhamel

Cinematography by

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Denys Clerval

Editing by

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Agnès Guillemot

Production Design by

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Claude Pignot

Set Decoration by

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Claude Pignot

Makeup Department

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Jean-Pierre Eychenne ... assistant makeup artist

Production Management

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François Menny ... unit production manager
Claude Miller ... production manager (as Claude Miler)
Roland Thénot ... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Jean-José Richer ... assistant director

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Jean-Claude Dolbert ... property master

Sound Department

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Guy Chichignoud ... sound mixer
René Levert ... sound

Camera and Electrical Department

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Louis Balthazard ... key grip
Jean Chiabaut ... camera operator
Claude Rouxel ... chief electrician

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Yves Saint-Laurent ... dresses: Catherine Deneuve

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Suzanne Schiffman ... script girl

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Delphine Seyrig ... voice dubbing: additional voices (uncredited)
Alexandra Stewart ... voice dubbing: additional voices (uncredited)

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Jean Renoir ... dedicatee

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Plot Summary

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. Written by Yepok

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Taglines The Bride Came as Advertised...With an Unadvertised Special See more »
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Also Known As
  • La sirène du Mississippi (France)
  • La mia droga si chiama Julie (Italy)
  • Waltz Into Darkness (United States)
  • Mississippi Mermaid (Canada, English title)
  • Mississippi Mermaid (World-wide, English title)
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Runtime
  • 123 min
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Budget $1,600,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $1,214,006

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Trivia Quite uniquely, director François Truffaut chose to shoot the film almost completely in chronological order. The reasoning for this was that he found the relationship between the two main characters so important, he wanted it to develop in a natural way. Truffaut actually spent the nights re-writing the scenes he would film the next day, to follow the dynamics between the leading couple. See more »
Goofs When the disc Marion has recorded is run over in the street and shattered, she kneels to retrieve the pieces; at first her right knee is uppermost, but then suddenly her left knee is higher, as she stands. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Butchery & Ballyhoo (2016). See more »
Quotes Louis Mahé: - You are beautiful. When I look at you, it hurts.
Julie Roussel: - Really? Yesterday you said it was a joy.
Louis Mahé: - It is a joy and yet it hurts.
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