Mississippi Mermaid
Jun 18 1969
•2h 3m
•Romance, Drama, Crime, Thriller
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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Jean-Paul Belmondo
Louis Mahé
Catherine Deneuve
Julie Roussel
Michel Bouquet
Comolli
Nelly Borgeaud
Berthe
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