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

Name: Mississippi Mermaid (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Are You Disappointed?
Uploaded: 2013-07-09T00:00:00-04:00
Duration: 3 min 54 s
Description: 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.

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.

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