MISSISSIPPI MERMAID (LA SIRENE DU MISSISSIPPI)
By François Truffaut, 1969, Drama, Rated PG, 2h03,The Film Desk
Starring Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michel Bouquet
Louis Mahé is a wealthy plantation owner living on the tropical island of Reunion. His mail-order bride, Julie Roussel, looks nothing like the photo she sent him, but enraptured by her radiance, he marries her anyway. When she disappears without a trace Louis vows to find her no matter what the costs…
FREE OUTDOOR SCREENING
LOCATION: Central Park, Cedar Hill (on Fifth Avenue, entrance at 79th street)
DATE: Friday June 7, 2013
Film starts at 8:30pm | in French with English Subtitles
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