Eve's Bayou
“The secrets that hold us together can also tear us apart.”
1997•R•1h 48m•6.4•Released
Drama
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.
Director
Kasi Lemmons
Writer
Kasi Lemmons
Budget
$6M
Revenue
$15M
Languages
French, Haitian; Haitian Creole, English
Studio
Trimark Pictures
Cast
Jurnee Smollett
Eve Batiste
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
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Julian Grayraven
Roger Guenveur Smith
Lenny Mereaux
Lisa Nicole Carson
Matty Mereaux
Branford Marsalis
Harry
Afonda Colbert
Henrietta
Lola Dalferes
Lynette
Marcus Lyle Brown
Hosea
Production
Company
Trimark Pictures
Company
Addis-Wechsler Productions
Company
ChubbCo Film
Producer
Samuel L. Jackson
Producer
Caldecot Chubb
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