Movie

Mississippi Mermaid

1969 · 123 min

A slow, elegant descent into obsessive love, where desire and deception blur until doom feels inevitable and strangely tender.

Tagline: The bride came as advertised... with an unadvertised special.
Overview: A tobacco planter on Réunion island in the Indian Ocean becomes engaged through correspondence to a French woman he does not know. The woman that arrives does not look like the picture he received, but he marries her anyway.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, romantic and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Love, obsession, deception, betrayal
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
obsession
deception
betrayal
identity
Places: single country house
countryside
big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild