Eve's Bayou
Over the course of a long, hot Louisiana summer, a 10-year-old black girl, Eve Batiste, discovers that her family's affluent existence is merely a facade. She can not forget a traumatic incident she witnessed and shares a secret with her older sister. Lies start to roll...
14 March 1959, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA
30 September 1950, Detroit, Michigan, USA
8 August 1981, Panorama City, California, USA
27 July 1955, Berkeley, California, USA
1 May 1930, Whistler, Alabama, USA
15 December 1955, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
10 May 1959, Portland, Maine, USA
May 23, 1979 in Covington, Louisiana, USA
1 October 1986, New York City, New York, USA
6 May 1953, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
17 July 1935, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
26 August 1960, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
14 January 1938, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
20 September 1956, Dunn, North Carolina, USA
31 August 1961, Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA
12 July 1969, Brooklyn, New York, USA
26 December 1970
21 December 1948, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
April 09, 2005
A solid, if somewhat heavy-handed, Southern Gothic tale, steeped in mysticism.
April 27, 2007
A sparkling directorial debut.
March 08, 2009
More than anything, about the nature of memory and how it rarely matches the truth of life.
September 16, 2004
Pretentious as all hell, sorry.
March 19, 2008
Lemmons' focus on strong female characters, and her willingness to ignore accepted notions of "black filmmaking" are powerful assets, but one can't help wishing the film as a whole lived up to its initial promise.
March 19, 2008
Subplots are woven stealthily into the story, taking the pressure off the central drama, allowing it to be affecting rather than melodramatic, and heightening the atmosphere of the lush Louisiana setting.
June 24, 2006
An intensely emotional drama that mixes elements of Southern Gothic with the kinds of characters and tensions that prevail in the plays of Southern writers like Tennessee Williams.
May 26, 2006
It feels like I've seen dozens of films this year by first time writers and directors, and not one has stuck to me until now.
April 12, 2002
In Eve's Bayou, Tennessee goes to Louisiana, and finds a familiar home. Tennessee Williams, that is.
June 18, 2002
A gothic and, for better or worse, poetic memoir about a young girl and her family of Creole aristocrats.
