L'empire de la passion

An atmospheric, grim, and often visually beautiful film about a man who has an affair with a woman, and convinces her they should murder her husband. Standard plot, but it's done well, and combines the inevitable "things falling apart after a poorly organised crime" stuff with an added horror element, as the murder victim returns as a ghost to haunt the small town the film takes place in.

Wasn't a fan of the horror element at first, as it felt like it wasn't entirely needed, but it grew on me. There are certainly a couple of scenes where the horror stuff is done well, and I guess whether it's a literal ghost or a manifestation of guilt within the minds of certain characters is still nice and ambiguous.

Maybe feels a little long in parts, and there's nothing outstandingly unique about it, but it tells its simple story well, has a great feel-bad kind of mood to it, and all the sets/locations/costumes/other visual aspects are all pulled off expertly.