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Eve's Bayou

1997 · 108 min

A haunting, humid Southern Gothic that unfolds like a half-remembered dream, steeped in family secrets and the slippery nature of truth.

Tagline
The secrets that hold us together can also tear us apart.
Overview
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.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • family
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • guilt
Places
  • countryside
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Kasi Lemmons
Written by
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Starring
Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Meagan Good, Samuel L. Jackson, Lynn Whitfield, Debbi Morgan, Jake Smollett, Ethel Ayler, Diahann Carroll
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
108 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Haitian; Haitian Creole, French

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