Mississippi Mermaid

Mississippi Mermaid
Mississippi Mermaid
	French theatrical release poster
French	La Sirène du Mississipi
Directed by	François Truffaut
Screenplay by	François Truffaut
Based on	Waltz into Darkness; by William Irish
Produced by	Marcel Berbert; François Truffaut;
Starring	Jean-Paul Belmondo; Catherine Deneuve; Michel Bouquet;
Cinematography	Denys Clerval
Edited by	Agnès Guillemot
Music by	Antoine Duhamel
Production; companies	Les Films du Carrosse; Les Productions Artistes Associés; Produzioni Associate Delphos;
Distributed by	Les Artistes Associés (France); Dear Film (Italy);
Release dates	18 June 1969 (France); 14 February 1970 (Italy);
Running time	123 minutes
Countries	France; Italy;
Language	French
Budget	$1.6 million
Box office	$7.3 million; 1,227,657 admissions (France);

Mississippi Mermaid (French: La Sirène du Mississipi) is a 1969 romantic crime drama film written and directed by François Truffaut and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Catherine Deneuve. Adapted from the 1947 novel Waltz into Darkness by William Irish, the film follows a tobacco planter on the island of Réunion who becomes engaged through correspondence to a woman he does not know. When she arrives, it is not the same woman in the photo, but he marries her anyway.

Shot in Southern France and on Réunion, Mississippi Mermaid was the 16th highest-grossing film of 1969 in France, with a total of 1,227,657 admissions. It was remade in 2001 as Original Sin, directed by Michael Cristofer and starring Angelina Jolie and Antonio Banderas.

^ Balio, Tino (1987). United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 282. ISBN 978-0-299-11440-4.
^ "La Sirène du Mississippi (1969)". JP Box-Office (in French). Retrieved 12 March 2021.
^ "Mississippi Mermaid (1969)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
^ "La Sirene du Mississipi – Jean Paul Belmondo Box Office 1969". Box Office Story (in French). Retrieved 12 March 2021.

[1] Balio, Tino (1987). United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 282. ISBN 978-0-299-11440-4.

[2] "La Sirène du Mississippi (1969)". JP Box-Office (in French). Retrieved 12 March 2021.

[3] "Mississippi Mermaid (1969)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 12 March 2021.

[boxofficestory-4] "La Sirene du Mississipi – Jean Paul Belmondo Box Office 1969". Box Office Story (in French). Retrieved 12 March 2021.

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Mississippi Mermaid
French theatrical release poster

French	La Sirène du Mississipi

Directed by	François Truffaut
Screenplay by	François Truffaut
Based on	Waltz into Darkness by William Irish
Produced by	Marcel Berbert François Truffaut
Starring	Jean-Paul Belmondo Catherine Deneuve Michel Bouquet
Cinematography	Denys Clerval
Edited by	Agnès Guillemot
Music by	Antoine Duhamel
Production companies	Les Films du Carrosse Les Productions Artistes Associés Produzioni Associate Delphos
Distributed by	Les Artistes Associés (France) Dear Film (Italy)
Release dates	18 June 1969 (1969-06-18) (France) 14 February 1970 (1970-02-14) (Italy)
Running time	123 minutes
Countries	France Italy
Language	French
Budget	$1.6 million^[1]
Box office	$7.3 million^[2]^[3] 1,227,657 admissions (France)^[4]