Its too bad that this movie did not get the recognition that it deserved when it came out in 1997. Released 1997, eve s bayou stars jurnee smollettbell, meagan good, samuel l. With those opening words, eve s bayou coils back into the past, into the memories of a child who grew up in a family both gifted and flawed, and tried to find her own way to the truth. With those shocking opening frames from the movie, eve s bayou 1997, iwas hooked from start go. Memory is a selection of images, some elusive, others printed indelibly on the brain. Eve can not forget the traumatic incident and shares a secret with older sister cisely. My brother poe was 9, and my sister cisely has just turned 14. A philandering husband, a beautiful long suffering wife, a favorite aunt who can see things, a lie and two budding young daughters caught in the middle. All materials used property of their respective owners. After a daughter witnesses her father having an affair. Rent eves bayou 1997 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. The stuff of dreams theres no getting past the fact that much of eve s bayou resonates so deeply with me because it recalls so much of my own upbringing. One night louis trysts with married and sexy metty mereaux, not knowing that he is observed by his youngest daughter eve, who is there by accident.
With her interconnected eves, lemmons shows how the. A black family drama in the bayou town posted on april 8, 2017 by kaist455 the opening scene of eves bayou is one of the most captivating opening lines i have ever encountered. Jackson, the local town doctor with a special bedside manner, is a loving father and. Jackson, lynn whitfield, debbi morgan it was filmed in covington, madisonville. Film gratis en streaming et download, en langue francaise. Eve can not forget the traumatic incident and shares a secret with. Eve s bayou 1997 free download, watch eve s bayou 1997 online streaming full movie, watch eve s bayou online for free, eve s bayou free download, watch eve s bayou online full download watch movie online, watch eve s bayou full movie online free no registration, eve s bayou 1997 hd 1080pthe story is set in 1962 louisiana. Eve s bayou starred jurnee smollett, meagan good, samuel l. Edited a trailer for the movie in my advanced editing class.
Confidential remains for me the best picture of 1997. Eve s bayou 1997 over the course of a long, hot louisiana summer, a 10yearold black girl, eve batiste jurnee smollett, discovers that her familys affluent existence is merely a facade. With such a film under her belt, we expect to see many sensational features from this young talent in the near future. If your cloud dvr fills up, well make space by deleting. Watch eves bayou trailer film gorillas on dailymotion. Jackson, lynn whitfield, debbi morgan, jake smollett, ethel ayler, diahann carroll, vondie curtishall, roger guenveur smith.
From that point the story moves backward in time and. Eve s bayou does a marvelous job of giving us a childseyeview of the mysteries of life. Films for the heat of the moment film the guardian. Jackson stars as the head of an affluent family that has numerous skeletons in its closet. Black female writerdirector kasi lemmons made her feature directorial debut with this period family drama set in the south. Jackson is a popular physician in 1960s louisiana who has a beautiful wife lynn whitfield, a loving family. You can watch recordings anytime, anywhere with your cloud dvr. Jackson is a popular physician in 1960s louisiana who has a. Debbi morgan and lynn whitfield in eve s bayou 1997. Memory is a selection of images, some elusive, others imprinted indelibly on the brain.
Jackson, jurnee smollettbell, meagan good, lynn whitfield. Jackson, lynn whitfield, debbi morgan it was filmed in covington, madisonville and napoleonville. Eve s bayou is an excellent drama chronicling the complex lives of a southern african american family rich in history, status, and money in the early sixties. While its certainly not the happiest film in town, it has enough bright moments to keep it from being a downer, and plenty of tremendous performances and direction to make it worth seeing.
Jackson served as a producer, and starred in the film with lisa nicole carson, jurnee smollett, lynn whitfield, debbi morgan, meagan good and diahann carroll. Actress kasi lemmons made an auspicious debut as a writer and director with this delicately handled, wrenchingly emotional drama, hailed by critic roger ebert as one of the best films of 1997. Jackson, lynn whitfield the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 49 min. In fact, for those inclined to fretfully fan themselves when the temperature creeps much north of 25 degrees, sinking into kasi lemmonss wonderful eves bayou 1997, now streaming on amazon. Summer heats up in rural louisiana beside eve s bayou as the batiste family tries to survive the secrets theyve kept and the betrayals theyve endured. Jackson 1997 tragedy strikes a prosperous louisiana family in 1962 after a girl jurnee smollett catches her father samuel l. Lemmons explores the unique life and culture of a creole family and their community in louisiana. Watch eves bayou online full movie from 1997 yidio. Eves bayou 1997 720p webdl aac2 0 h 264alfahd imdb info password. Eve s aunt is the small towns physic and she has the ability to see and know all with only one problem, she is blind to her own life. It was said that when general john paul batiste was stricken with cholera, his life was. Eve s bayou is about a young girl eve and her family growing up on a bayou in louisiana. Though he is married to beautiful roz, he has a weakness for attractive female patients. The summer i killed my father, i was 10 years old with those shocking opening frames from the movie, eves bayou 1997, i was hooked from start go.
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The batiste family is headed by charming doctor louis. Family legend has it that an earlier baptiste, a french general in the napoleonic era, had his life saved by a local black slave girl, the ancestral eve. Eve s comingofage events are introduced through her adult voiceover narration tamara tunie, which begins. Louis batiste is a popular physician in 1960s louisiana who has a beautiful wife, a loving family and a weakness for women. Watch eves bayou 1997 full movie free streaming online. Eve batiste jurnee smollett is a tenyearold girl whose father louis samuel l.