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Eve's Bayou (1997) 7.3
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Reviews: 207 user | 31 critic | 21 from Metacritic.com The story is set in 1962 Louisiana. The Batiste family is headed by charming doctor Louis. Though he is married to beautiful Roz, he has a weakness for attractive female patients. One night... See full summary » Director:Kasi LemmonsWriter:Kasi Lemmons |
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Eve Batiste
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Ethel Ayler | ... |
Gran Mere
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Julian Grayraven
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Lenny Mereaux
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Matty Mereaux
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Harry
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Afonda Colbert | ... |
Henrietta
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Lola Dalferes | ... |
Lynette
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Hosea
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The story is set in 1962 Louisiana. The Batiste family is headed by charming doctor Louis. Though he is married to beautiful Roz, he has a weakness for attractive female patients. One night Louis trysts with married and sexy Metty Mereaux, not knowing that he is observed by his youngest daughter Eve, who is there by accident. Eve can not forget the traumatic incident and shares a secret with older sister Cisely. Lies start to roll... Written by Anonymous
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
7 November 1997 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$6,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$3,287,846 (USA) (7 November 1997)Gross:
£133,596 (UK) (21 August 1998)Company Credits
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Narrator: Memory is a selection of images, some elusive, others imprinted indelibly on the brain. The summer I killed my father I was 10 years old. My brother Poe was 9, and my sister Cisely has just turned 14.
Narrator: The town we lived in was named after a slave. It was said that when General John Paul Batiste was stricken with cholera, his life was saved by the powerful medicine of an African slave woman called Eve. In return for his life, he freed her, and gave her this piece of land by the Bayou...
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According to Kasi Lemmons her cut differed severely from the final cut released in theatres which eliminated an entire major character from final version of the movie. See more »Goofs
The movie takes place in 1962, but, there is a 1964 Ford sedan in front of the house in the opening sequence. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Narrator: Memory is a selection of images, some elusive, others imprinted indelibly on the brain. The summer I killed my father I was 10 years old. My brother Poe was 9, and my sister Cisely has just turned 14.
Narrator: The town we lived in was named after a slave. It was said that when General John Paul Batiste was stricken with cholera, his life was saved by the powerful medicine of an African slave woman called Eve. In return for his life, he freed her, and gave her this piece of land by the Bayou...
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I had never heard of this film when my wife ordered it from NetFlix, and I keep wondering why. This is a terrific flick. Jurnee Smollett as Eve is truly excellent, and not just "good for a kid," or "good but annoyingly precocious," she is just plain good. The story is wonderful, and I love the fact that the race of the characters is hardly mentioned. It's a story about people, and it doesn't matter on what continent their ancestors originated. The cast is uniformly excellent, especially Samuel Jackson (one of the film industry's most versatile actors), and Debbi Morgan. Small parts portrayed by Branford Marsalis and Vondie Curtis Hall are very nicely done, and add color to the background of friends and relatives of the Batiste family. I enjoy the way the film shows us the world of psychic perception and Voodoo, and the degree to which belief in them can affect behavior. The location filming is wonderfully evocative of the steaming south, and the direction spot-on. I recommend this film.