In the Electric Mist (2009)

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"...I was about to learn that the dead can hover on the edge of our vision with the density and luminosity of mist. And their claim on the earth can be as legitimate and tenacious as our own."
Lots of substories here and a bit hard to follow but nonetheless, an interesting film with some fine acting.

Detective Dave Robichaux (Tommy Lee Jones) in Louisiana bayou country gets involved with a mystery apparently involving a couple of brutal murders, a local Mafia pin Julie "Baby Feets" Balbonin (John Goodman), the murder of an African-American prisoner in the swamp 40 years before, and some sage advice from the ghost of a Confederate officer (Levon Helm).

Others in the cast include: Mary Steenburgen as Dave's wife Bootsie; Alana Locke as his young daughter; Kelly Macdonald and Peter Sarsgaard as actors in a film being made in that area of Louisiana; John Sayles as the director of the film; Justina Machado as an FBI agent; Buddy Guy as bluesman Hogman Patin. Others appearing are Ned Beatty, James Gammon.

Directed by Bertrand Tavernier.

Run time: 1 hour, 42 minutes

Rated R for violence, language and brief sexuality/nudity.

My personal rating: B