La Sirène du Mississipi

1969 [FRENCH]

Crime / Drama / Romance

6
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 83% · 18 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 73% · 2.5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.9/10 10 8174 8.2K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

François Truffaut Photo
François Truffaut

Top cast

Michel Bouquet Photo
Michel Bouquet as Comolli
Catherine Deneuve Photo
Catherine Deneuve as Julie Roussel / Marion Vergano
Jean-Paul Belmondo Photo
Jean-Paul Belmondo as Louis Mahé
Martine Ferrière Photo
Martine Ferrière as Landlady
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
1.1 GB
1280*544
German 2.0
GP
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23.976 fps
2 hr 3 min
Seeds 3
2.05 GB
1920*816
German 2.0
GP
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
2 hr 3 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 7 / 10

Very good individual performances by Belmondo and Deneuve

Very good individual performances by Belmondo and Deneuve despite only a middling of chemistry together and a pastiche plot put together by Truffaut
Reviewed by R T 7 / 10

This movie feels a bit like 'Truffaut doing

This movie feels a bit like 'Truffaut doing Hitchcock', which has its good points and bad points. On the positive side, it may surprise you with you with its twists and turns. Knowing absolutely nothing about it, I was intrigued by the first part, when a tobacco plantation owner on Reunion Island (Jean-Paul Belmondo) meets his fiancée (Catherine Deneuve) who he met and fell in love with through the mail, soon realizing that not is all as it seems. However, on the negative side (and without giving away the plot), as the movie went on, the actions of the characters (and Belmondo in particular) were not always believable. Even if you factor in love and physical attraction driving people to extremes, he's remarkably blasé about missing 27 million francs. It kept my interest and had some great shots by Truffaut, including a fantastic scene between Belmondo and Deneuve at a fireplace, but ends up 'good' and 'not great' as a result.
Reviewed by Allan H 10 / 10

Genre tizzy pays homage to Cornell Woolrich---William Irish

Genre tizzy pays homage to Cornell Woolrich---William Irish technicolor noir.
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