In the Electric Mist

2009·117'

Bertrand Tavernier

DramaMysteryThrillerCrime

★ 6.1

Letterboxd TMDB #13975

NO ONE CAN ESCAPE THE SINS OF THE PAST

Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local hooker to New Orleans mobster Julie (Baby Feet) Balboni, who is co-producer of a Civil War film. At the same time, after Elrod Sykes, the star of the film, reports finding another corpse in the Atchafalaya Swamp near the movie set, Robicheaux starts another investigation, believing the corpse to be the remains of a black man who he saw being murdered 35 years before.

Cast

Tommy Lee Jones Dave Robicheaux

John Goodman Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni

Peter Sarsgaard Elrod Sykes

Mary Steenburgen Bootsie Robicheaux

Kelly Macdonald Kelly Drummond

Justina Machado Rosie Gomez

Ned Beatty Twinky LeMoyne

James Gammon Ben Hebert

Pruitt Taylor Vince Lou Girard

Levon Helm General John Bell Hood

Buddy Guy Sam 'Hogman' Patin

Julio Cesar Cedillo Cholo Manelli