Message 526

I just got back from having breakfast at Heidi's Pies with Vanessa. Last night I watched a DVD of the French movie Mississippi Mermaid (La Sirene du Mississippi). It came out in 1969 and stars Catherine Deneuve and Jean-Paul Belmondo, and it was directed by Truffaut. With these famous people, I figured it should be good, but I give it only three stars. It realistically shows what happens when marginally functional people fall in love and become obsessed with each other to the point of self destructive behavior. Even though it has many of the same elements as Heaven, a movie I thought very good, I somehow found it something of a turn-off instead of an inspiration. I suppose my reaction is because the characters remind me to much of my life with Betsy, Liz and Ethan's mother.