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1997 • 1h 49min • R • Drama

Eve's Bayou

"The secrets that hold us together can also tear us apart."

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.

IMDb 7.2

RT 83%

MC 78

Director

Kasi Lemmons

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Kasi Lemmons

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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

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