A deluge of cheap, imported shrimp tanked the economies of small shrimping towns like Bayou La Batre in southern Alabama.

A community of Cajun fishermen living around a remote bayou includes one authentic beauty, Marie, who wants to better herself but must deal with the unwelcome attentions of storekeeper Ulysses.

«The Bayou» starts as a standard B-movie action movie, when the special forces of the Drug Enforcement Administration cover a drug lab hidden somewhere in the dense forests. Over time, in every sense ...