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Eve's Bayou is a american film of genre Drama directed by Kasi Lemmons released in USA on 7 november 1997 with Jurnee Smollett-Bell
Eve's Bayou (1997)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 7 november 1997
Length 1h49
Directed by Kasi Lemmons
OriginUSA
Themes Films about families
Rating71%
Eve's Bayou is a 1997 American drama film written and directed by Kasi Lemmons, who made her directorial debut with this feature. Samuel L. Jackson served as a producer and starred in the film alongside Debbi Morgan, Jurnee Smollett, Lynn Whitfield and Meagan Good.
Synopsis
Eve Batiste (Jurnee Smollett), a ten-year-old girl, lives in a prosperous African American community in Louisiana with her younger brother Poe (Jake Smollett) and her older sister Cisely (Meagan Good), a pretty girl who is just entering puberty. Their parents are Roz (Lynn Whitfield) and Louis (Samuel L. Jackson), a well respected doctor in Louisiana's "colored" community who claims descent from the French aristocrat who founded the town of Eve's bayou. One night after a raucous party, Eve accidentally witnesses her father having sex with family friend Matty Mereaux (Lisa Nicole Carson). However, Cisely, who has a very affectionate relationship with her father, convinces Eve that she misinterpreted an innocent moment. The unreliability of memory and observation remain important themes throughout the film.Actors
Jurnee Smollett-Bell
(Eve Batiste)
Debbi Morgan
(Mozelle Batiste Delacroix)
Lynn Whitfield
(Roz Batiste)
Meagan Good
(Cisely Batiste)
Samuel L. Jackson
(Louis Batiste)
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