Mississippi Mermaid (1970) - (Movie Clip) You May Kiss The Bride

Mississippi Mermaid (1970) -- (Movie Clip) If We Made The Same Wish

Still in early days together, tobacco grower Louis (Jean-Paul Belmondo) getting to know mail-order bride Julie (Catherine Deneuve), before she sneaks off, observed by his banker (played by producer Marcel Berbert), the first clear weirdness, in Francois Truffaut's Mississippi Mermaid, 1970.

Mississippi Mermaid (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Are You Disappointed?

Meeting a steamer called the "Mississippi," on location at Reunion Island, Jean-Paul Belmondo as "Louis" attempts an answer, when his mail-order bride, who turns out to be Catherine Deneuve as "Julie," asks whether he's disappointed, early in Francois Truffaut's Mississippi Mermaid, 1970.

Mississippi Mermaid (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Long Live France!

Typically unorthodox and immediate opening by director Francois Truffaut, ending with a dedication to Jean Renoir, including clips from the latter's La Marseillaise, 1938, in Mississippi Mermaid, 1970, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Catherine Deneuve, from a novel by Cornell Woolrich.