La sirène du Mississipi. 1969. Un industriel réunionnais, Louis Mahé (Jean-Paul Belmondo), décide de se marier par petites annonces. Il rencontre Julie (Catherine Deneuve), une superbe femme, différente de la photo qu’il a reçue....
Réalisation : François Truffaut Scénario : François Truffaut, d'après le roman "Waltz into Darkness" de William Irish Musique : Antoine Duhamel
NB: Dans le titre du film, « Mississipi » est écrit avec un seul « p » car il est fait référence au nom du navire des Messageries maritimes d'où débarque Marion Vergano et qui s'écrit ainsi (ancienne orthographe française du fleuve américain). Dans le titre français du roman de William Irish, qui se déroule à La Nouvelle-Orléans, « Mississippi »s'écrit avec deux « p » et fait référence au fleuve.
"Paris. Romantic young girl, pretty, graduate, would marry..."
"...would marry polytechnician, doctor, pharmacist, dentist, Catholic"
"1.66m, pleasant, pretty, healthy, wealthy, would marry..."
" I don't care what people say."
They say he never saw her, the young lady.
He doesn't even know what she looks like.
But yes, they certainly must have exchanged photos.
As for the boat, aren't we late?
No, it's okay.
I never realized that out of 14 jewelers in the city,
11 are Chinese and 3 are Creole.
This is the little cord that she sent you as a model for the ring,
I think you will keep it as a souvenir.
No, no, no, it's not worth it, it's the ring that's important.
Is it over, is there no one left?
No sir, there is no one left on board, all the passengers have got off.
Oh well...
You don't recognize me, Mr. Mahé?
Pardon ?
I don't understand.
It's me, Julie Roussel.
Julie Roussel?...
I don't see...
Do you think it doesn't look like the photo?
No.
The portrait I sent you was not mine.
It's that of a neighbor.
Later, when you proposed to me...
well, when you proposed to me,
I wanted to send you my real photo, and then I didn't dare anymore.
And then Berthe, my sister, told me, when Mr Mahé sees you, he will forgive you.
Your sister was absolutely right.
It's difficult, isn't it?
What is difficult ?
It's difficult to really get to know each other,
even we said a lot of things in our letters...
This is our house.
I didn't tell you everything in my letters.
I even told a lie.
A lie ?
I told you I was a foreman in a cigarette factory, didn't I?
Yes that's right.
Well that's not entirely true, I'm the boss of this factory.
I inherited it when my parents died 3 years ago.
I'm not so happy with myself for hiding this from you, but...
I didn't want any money issues between us.
My lie is less pretty than yours...
Are you mad at me?
No, sir, I...
Not "sir", Louis.
No, Louis, it doesn't matter.
And besides, I don't understand anything about money matters.
Julie Roussel, do you want to take as your legitimate husband Louis Mahé, here present?
Yes, I want it.
I unite you in marriage, in the name of the Father, of the Son, of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Do you have coffee?
Why don't you ask Sarah to make you some tea?
No, no, I love coffee.
Ah good ?
I thought I remembered that in one of your letters,
you told me that you only took tea...
I said that as I would have said anything else...
It's always tomorrow that you show me around the factory?
Yes, but I have nothing to wear...
And this trunk that just arrived?
There are only old things.
Good morning.
Good morning.
Good morning.
This bank is big.
Yes, it has 164 employees.
It is the largest bank among the 47 established on the island.
How can I help you ?
I would like my wife to be able to use my bank account with you.
Exactly like me.
Oh, nothing could be simpler.
It is enough for us to create a joint account from your husband's accounts.
For this I will ask you for both of your signatures.
Yours at the bottom of this authorization form.
And yours, dear madam, on this little card, so that we can honor it.
But I would like another clarification.
Do you want these provisions to apply to your personal account,
or to both accounts?
I believe the personal account.
Yes Yes of course...
No, no, both.
In this case you sign me a second power.
I had heard a lot about Madame Mahé's beauty,
but I see that it was beneath the truth.
I hope, Mr. Hoareau, that you will do us the honor of coming to dine at home with Mrs. Hoareau.
You too, Mr. Jardine, with your wife...
"Mr. Mahé,
Since the departure of my sister Julie, I have sent her four letters which have remained unanswered.
Let me know immediately where my sister is.
And do so necessary for her to contact me
otherwise I would go to the police “
Honey?...