Eve's Bayou

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 109 mins

Rated: R

Release Date: 1997

Countries: USA

Languages: English

DIRECTED BY:

Kasi Lemmons

WRITTEN BY:

Kasi Lemmons

CAST INCLUDES:

Jurnee Smollett, Meagan Good, Lynn Whitfield, Samuel L. Jackson

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

What did little Eve see--and how will it haunt her? Husband, father and womanizer Louis Batiste is the head of an affluent family, but it's the women who rule this gothic world of secrets, lies and mystic forces. Director/Writer Kasi Lemmons' Film Independent Spirit Award winning film is "a reminder that sometimes films can venture into the realms of poetry and dreams" (Chicago Sun-Times). EVE'S BAYOU features acclaimed performances by Oscar nominee Samuel L. Jackson (PULP FICTION), Emmy winner Lynn Whitfield (THE JOSEPHINE BAKER STORY) and Emmy nominee Jurnee Smollett (LOVECRAFT COUNTRY).

SYNOPSIS

Over the course of a long, hot Louisiana summer, a 10-year-old black girl, Eve Batiste (Jurnee Smollett), discovers that her family’s affluent existence is merely a facade. The philandering of her suave doctor father, Louis (Samuel L. Jackson), creates a rift, throwing Eve’s mother, Roz (Lynn Whitfield), and teenage sister, Cisely (Meagan Good), into emotional turmoil. Eve, though, manages to find some solace with her quirky psychic aunt, Mozelle (Debbi Morgan).

Eve's Bayou

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 109 mins

Rated: R

Release Date: 1997

Countries: USA

Languages: English

DIRECTED BY

Kasi Lemmons

WRITTEN BY

Kasi Lemmons

CAST INCLUDES

Jurnee Smollett, Meagan Good, Lynn Whitfield, Samuel L. Jackson

ANGELIKA’S NOTE
SYNOPSIS

"A sparkling directorial debut."

Observer

"An intensely emotional drama that mixes elements of Southern Gothic with the kinds of characters and tensions that prevail in the plays of Southern writers like Tennessee Williams."

Variety

"For the viewer, it is a reminder that sometimes films can venture into the realms of poetry and dreams."

Chicago Sun-Times