'Mississippi Mermaid' (1969) – François Truffaut.

When the handsome, wealthy, faintly melancholy Tobacco Tycoon's Louis Mahe's luscious mail order bride, Julie (Catherine Deneuve)arrives at the picturesque, far-flung island of Réunion, it very soon becomes apparent to the perturbed, yet increasingly bedazzled, Louis that she came with a little extra baggage she most definitely did NOT declare at customs!!! François Truffaut's lyrical, intoxicating, seethingly sensual, emotionally complex outlaw romance is galvanized by the sublime performances of, Belmondo & Deneuve who make an especially compelling love-stricken couple, the Gallic icons radiating a hypnotizing chemistry the master perfumiers at Dior would cull the most endangered species to replicate! 

During Mississippi Mermaid's more impassioned exchanges I couldn't help but recall the equally fervid erotic misadventures of Lula & Sailor in 'Wild at Heart'. Richly romantic, ebullient, exotic, and wholly unforgettable, François Truffaut's spellbinding drama 'Mississippi Mermaid' is sure to hold you under its singularly thrall , Truffaut's insightful text is a poetical delight, the exemplary performances shimmer no less enticingly than, Catherine Deneuve's lustrous hair, and maestro, Antoine Duhamel's exquisite music provides an irresistible soundtrack to the ardent lover's turbulent romance! Both profoundly mythic, and altogether human, 'Mississippi Mermaid' is a fabulous addition to any avid film buff's collection!