Eve's Bayou (1997)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.1/10   

Director:

Kasi Lemmons

Guionista (WGA):

Kasi Lemmons (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

7 noviembre 1997 (USA)

Género:

Drama

Frase comercial:

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

Plot:

The story is set in 1962 Louisiana. The big Batiste family is headed by charming doctor Louis. Though he is married to beautiful Roz...

Plot Keywords:

Louisiana | Voodoo Priestess | Dysfunctional Family | Period Piece | Memory

Premios:

8 wins & 14 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Exquisite!

Reparto

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 Mere
Diahann Carroll	...	Elzora
Vondie Curtis-Hall	...	Julian Grayraven
Roger Guenveur Smith	...	Lenny Mereaux
Lisa Nicole Carson	...	Matty Mereaux
Branford Marsalis	...	Harry
Afonda Colbert	...	Henrietta
Lola Dalferes	...	Lynette
Marcus Lyle Brown	...	Hosea

También conocida como:

Eve's Bayou (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality and language.

Duración:

109 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Clasificación:

USA:R (certificate #35338) | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:L (original rating) | Australia:M | South Korea:15 | Netherlands:12 | UK:15 | Canada:14A | France:U | USA:R | Spain:13

Locaciones de Filmación:

Covington, Louisiana, USA

Compañía:

Trimark Pictures

Trivialidades:

Jurnee and Jake are brother and sister in real life.

Errores:

Anacronismos: The movie takes place in 1962, but, there is a 1964 Ford sedan in front of the house in the opening sequence.

Citas:

Mozelle Batiste Delacroix: [looking in mirror, where she see's a reflection of her three dead husbands] ... I loved him, I swear I did.
Eve: I know. It's not your fault they die.

Conexiones de Película:

Spin off Dr. Hugo (1998)

Exquisite!

This was a delightfully good movie. Set in the Louisiana bayou country in the 60's, it is a wonderful story of a well-to-do black family caught up in family tensions that drive the plot but never overpower the family's love for each other. Infidelity, an over-protective mother, the psychic aunt's tragic loss of loves and a delicious dose of voodoo all make this a good watch. The child actress, Jurnee Smollett as Eve, delivers a beautiful performance with talent far beyond her years. Debbie Morgan is terrific as the fortune-telling wise, but cursed-in -love Aunt Mozelle.

Lynn Whitfield and Samuel L. Jackson are also superb as the parents whose complex and troubled relationship's problems spill over onto the children, especially the two daughters, Eve and Cisely. Cisely sees herself as a buffer comforting her father and trying to protect him from her mother whom Cisely sees as a rival for her father's affections. Eve bounces around amidst the angst of being a middle child and the desire to understand the adults' world. This definitely a movie to see. It's a shame that jewels like this get overlooked in the usual Hollywood hype machine.