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.
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Cast
26 people
Jurnee Smollett-Bell
Eve Batiste
Known for
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Lovecraft Country
Meagan Good
Cisely Batiste
Known for
Shazam!
Day Shift
Samuel L. Jackson
Louis Batiste
Known for
Pulp Fiction
The Hateful Eight
Lynn Whitfield
Roz Batiste
Known for
Greenleaf
Stepmom
Debbi Morgan
Mozelle Batiste Delacroix
Known for
Marvel's The Defenders
Beauty in Black
Jake Smollett
Poe Batiste
Also in
The Middleman
On Our Own
Ethel Ayler
Gran Mère
Known for
The Bodyguard
To Sleep with Anger
Diahann Carroll
Elzora
Known for
White Collar
Dynasty
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Julian Grayraven
Known for
Marvel's Daredevil
Romeo + Juliet
Roger Guenveur Smith
Lenny Mereaux
Known for
Final Destination
Fighting
Lisa Nicole Carson
Matty Mereaux
Known for
Ally McBeal
ER
Branford Marsalis
Harry
Known for
Throw Momma from the Train
School Daze
Kasi Lemmons Director · Terence Blanchard Composer Amy Vincent Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $15M · Budget $6M · United States release November 7, 1997
Box office
Budget
$6,000,000
Worldwide gross
$14,842,388
Gross vs. budget
2.5×
Production
Trimark Pictures
Production
Addis-Wechsler Productions
Production
ChubbCo Film
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · Haitian Creole
Release dates
Canada · September 7, 1997
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
United States · November 7, 1997
Theatrical
United States
June 28, 2018 · Premiere · BAMcinemaFest
Iceland
January 15, 1999 · Premiere · Reykjavik Film Festival
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