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64% Critic Match
Eve's Bayou
“The secrets that hold us together can also tear us apart.”
6.4 / 10• 1997• 1h 48m•R• English
Drama
Storyline
Summer heats up in rural Louisiana beside Eve’s Bayou, 1962, as the Batiste family tries to survive the secrets they’ve kept and the betrayals they’ve endured.
Cast & Crew
Jurnee Smollett
Eve Batiste
Lead
Meagan Good
Cisely Batiste
Samuel L. Jackson
Louis Batiste
Lynn Whitfield
Roz Batiste
Debbi Morgan
Mozelle Batiste Delacroix
Jake Smollett
Poe Batiste
Ethel Ayler
Gran Mère
Diahann Carroll
Elzora
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Kasi Lemmons's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Eve's Bayou is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
