La sirène du Mississippi

by François Truffaut

Louis Mahé, a wealthy tobacco plantation owner on Réunion island in the Indian Ocean, is awaiting the arrival of his bride to be, Julie Roussel, whom he's never met. One day, she escapes with all his money and it turns out that her real name is Marion. She is an adventurer and, together with an accomplice, has killed the real Julie. Louis leaves for France with the idea of taking revenge and asks Comolli, a private detective, to find Marion.
Country: Francia, Italia
Year: 1969
Running time: 120'
Format: 35 mm
Language: francese
Subtitles: italiano
Genre: fiction
Screenplay: François Truffaut
Cinematography: Denys Clerval
Editing: Agnès Guillemot
Music: Antoine Duhamel
With: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Deneuve, Nelly Borgeaud, Martine Ferrière, Marcel Berbert