The Little Mermaid () is a 1980 French romantic drama film written and directed by Roger Andrieux. It was entered into the main competition at the 37th Venice International Film Festival.
The film is based on the novel Les petites sirènes by Yves Dangerfield.
The film entered the main competition at the 37th edition of the Venice Film Festival. It was also screened at the Montreal International Film Festival.
A contemporary Variety review noted: "Film's originality and force come from Andrieux inscribing the tale in a banal contemporary setting yet telling the story with beguiling fairy tale simplicity in which a veneer of charm barely conceals a strong undercurrent of anxiety." Falvo Angelo from Corriere della Sera described the film as "a delicate fable", praising the lack of morbosity in spite of its problematic script.