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La sirène du Mississipi ()

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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
Nelly Borgeaud ...
Berthe
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Landlady
Marcel Berbert ...
Jardine
Yves Drouhet ...
Detective
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Comolli
Roland Thénot ...
Richard

Directed by

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François Truffaut

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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

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Antoine Duhamel

Cinematography by

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Denys Clerval

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Agnès Guillemot

Production Design by

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Claude Pignot

Set Decoration by

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Claude Pignot

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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

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Jean-José Richer ... assistant director

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Jean-Claude Dolbert ... property master

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

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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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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)
  • Mississippi Mermaid (World-wide, English title)
  • Mississippi Mermaid (United States)
  • La sirena del Mississippi (Spain)
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  • 123 min
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Budget $1,600,000 (estimated)

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Trivia Quite uniquely, Truffaut chose to shoot the film almost completely in chronological order, the reason being that he found the relationship between the two main characters so important that he wanted it to develop in a natural way. He 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: Here we go. You're sulking. I knew it. Now you're just pretending to be mad because inside you're not really mad. You put on that cold look... but inside you're smiling. Come on. Show me your smile.
Julie Roussel: I'm fed up with all that smile crap! It doesn't work anymore! Don't speak to me. For Christ's sake, leave me alone!
Louis Mahé: All right. Okay. That's fine with me. It's not difficult to know what you're thinking of me. And you're asking yourself... "Why the hell am I with this guy who's broke... and can't even knock over an old lady in the street to steal her purse?"
Louis Mahé: [Continues, as Julie maintains an air of indifference] You only think of yourself. You're not a selfish girl. You're selfishness personified. You think that you're a real person, that you're unique. But you're not. You're just one in a growing multitude of girls now... not really bitches, not really adventuresses or whores, no... But some kind of parasite... who live outside normal society. You're not women or girls. You're "chicks". What else you are doesn't have an exact name. Mindless, with your heads full of garbage or air. You're in love with your own bodies. You're always going out in the sun, always tanning. You spend hours fixing your face. You can't pass by a car without looking at your reflection in the windshield. But you know where to find most of these girls? In airports. Yes! Everywhere planes are taking off for faraway spots. Because you are beautiful girls, and beautiful girls get fought over. They're invited from one big city to another. And they go there. They stroll around everywhere... with their little purses in hand, all made up.
Louis Mahé: [as Julie slightly glares at him] Now you're really mad. That makes me happy. Because when you're mad, your mouth gets twisted... it gets crooked. And you turn ugly. Really ugly. So dreadfully ugly.
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