Mississippi Mermaid Blu-ray

'Mississippi Mermaid' Director: François Truffaut (1969) Radiance Blu-ray | High Definition transfer | French w/ English subtitles

When a wealthy plantation tycoon on Réunion Island puts up an ad for a bride, a luminous beauty arrives in answer. More attractive than the photograph he received, he is nevertheless enraptured despite some strange details in her story. Things get complicated when the woman disappears and, determined to find her, he finds himself on a trail enshrouded in mystery and erotic obsession. Starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Catherine Deneuve 

Adapted by Truffaut from a novel by Cornell Woolrich , Mississippi Mermaid is a lush colour noir that features the twists and turns of the genre with the heart of Renoir (to whom the film is dedicated) while Belmondo and Deneuve are on top form.

Special features include:
- Audio commentary by critic Glenn Kenny
- Archival interview with Truffaut from 1969 in which the filmmaker discusses his work as a director, screenwriter and actor
- Archival interview with Jean Renoir who discusses the work of Truffaut
- Interview with French cinema expert Ginette Vincendeau