Review of Mississippi Mermaid (1969) by Ian M — 12 Apr 2010
Bizarre movie, not so much because of the way itâ??s been filmed, but because of its content. The story starts out in a plausible way: several lies come to the fore, but this is nothing unusual in mail-order relationships.
Everyone tends to tell the occasional white lie for embellishment reasons (i.e. to impress the other), hoping they will eventually forgive you. And so it happens. Things become strange, though, when the lies appear to have a very bad (and criminal) background.
When Louis Mahé (Jean-Paul Belmondo) miraculously manages to catch up with the imposter, he starts doing what so many men do when fallen under the spell of a beautiful woman: he allows himself to be ensnared and is willing to risk everything, even when he realizes he should know better.
The final shot in the snowy landscape is intriguing in this respect. Truffaut managed to present us with a bizarre story containing many unexpected twists, presented in a matter-of-fact way without losing any of the sultry atmosphere the story so requires.
The ever-beautiful Catherine Deneuve and the still-relatively-young Jean-Paul Belmondo take care of the rest.
This review of Mississippi Mermaid (1969) was written by Ian M on 12 Apr 2010.
Mississippi Mermaid has generally received positive reviews.
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