Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (2009-04-15) |
|---|---|
| Awards: | 2 nominations |
| Screen: | Jerzy Kromolowski, Mary Olson-Kromolowski, James Lee Burke |
| Productions: | Little Bear, Ithaca Pictures, TF1 International |
| Production Countries: | France, United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
Backdrops
Posters
Similars
Recommendations
Casts
- 2176: Tommy Lee Jones - Dave Robicheaux
- 1230: John Goodman - Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni
- 133: Peter Sarsgaard - Elrod Sykes
- 2453: Mary Steenburgen - Bootsie Robicheaux
- 9015: Kelly Macdonald - Kelly Drummond
- 95517: Justina Machado - Rosie Gomez
- 13726: Ned Beatty - Twinky LeMoyne
Crews
- 46812: Mary Olson-Kromolowski - Screenplay - Writing
- 20556: Bertrand Tavernier - Director - Directing
- 50521: Bruno de Keyzer - Director of Photography - Camera
- 46813: Michael Fitzgerald - Producer - Production
- 46811: Jerzy Kromolowski - Screenplay - Writing
- 993536: Larry Madaras - Editor - Editing
- 966178: Gulnara Sarsenova - Executive Producer - Production
external ids
fb: | twitter: | imdb: tt0910905 | insta:
Reviews
Andres Gomez
Review text:
Tommy Lee Jones performance is superb and the Southern US atmosphere is really genuine but the story is just made overcomplicated and disappointing.
Continue reading ->Kenneth Axel Carlsson
Review text:
A woman is found murdered in the swamp somewhere in the south. A brutal murder, quite possibly a serial killer. A policeman is investigating, and while he does that, another body is found, but this one nothing but bones. This guy (a black guy) was killed 40 years ago, and the police ....
Continue reading ->Wuchak
Review text:
**_Tommy Lee Jones as a tough sleuth in the bayous of the Deep South_** A no-nonsense detective in the heart of Louisiana (Jones) tries to stay away from alcohol as he investigates the murder of a young prostitute, as well as a murder from the mid-60s of a black man in the swamp. ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
Review text:
The problem from the outset of this film is that it is far too convoluted. That is a shame because Tommy Lee Jones as "Lt. Robicheaux" is on really good form. This adaptation of James Lee Burke's book needed a much more aggressive perspective in adapting the story to keep it taut to ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
Review text:
The problem from the outset of this film is that it is far too convoluted. That is a shame because Tommy Lee Jones as "Lt. Robicheaux" is on really good form. This adaptation of James Lee Burke's book needed a much more aggressive perspective in adapting the story to keep it taut to ....
Continue reading ->