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ERA
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29 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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Eve's Bayou
"The secrets that hold us together can also tear us apart."
1997 1h 48m EN
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6.5
SOLID
★6.5TMDB · 162
Drama
Synopsis
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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.
“The secrets that hold us together can also tear us apart.”
Cast
Jurnee Smollett-Bell
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 Mère
Diahann Carroll
Elzora
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Kasi Lemmons
- Writers
- Kasi Lemmons
- Languages
- French, Haitian; Haitian Creole, English
- Countries
- United States of America
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: French, Haitian; Haitian Creole, English.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Kasi Lemmons, shot by Amy Vincent. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Terence Blanchard. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Terilyn A. Shropshire shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Jurnee Smollett-Bell and Meagan Good and Samuel L. Jackson carry the top of the cast.
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ERA
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Marketing tagline: "The secrets that hold us together can also tear us apart.".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0119080 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Kasi Lemmons directs. Amy Vincent behind the camera. Terence Blanchard scores. Terilyn A. Shropshire cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in French, Haitian; Haitian Creole, English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 129 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: French, Haitian; Haitian Creole, English.
- 3Directed by Kasi Lemmons, shot by Amy Vincent. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Original score by Terence Blanchard. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 5Editor Terilyn A. Shropshire shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Jurnee Smollett-Bell and Meagan Good and Samuel L. Jackson carry the top of the cast.
- 7Marketing tagline: "The secrets that hold us together can also tear us apart.".
- 8IMDB entry: tt0119080 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 9Classified under 14 themes, including "sibling relationship", "parent child relationship", "superstition", "aunt niece relationship".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Amy Vincent
- Original score
- Terence Blanchard
- Editing
- Terilyn A. Shropshire
- Production design
- Jeffrey Howard
- Costume design
- Karyn Wagner
- Makeup / hair
- Marietta Carter-Narcisse
- VFX supervisor
- Paul Boyington
- Sound
- Ed Carr
- Stunt coordinator
- Marvin Walters
- Runtime
- 108 min · 1h 48m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $6,000,000
- Box office
- $14,842,388
- Return
- 247% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
Also by
Kasi Lemmons
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Trailers & featurettes
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Production companies
Who made it
Trimark Pictures
US
- AD
Addis-Wechsler Productions
US
- CH
ChubbCo Film
Key crew
- Executive ProducerMark Amin
- Co-ProducerCami Winikoff
- Executive ProducerEli Selden
- Executive ProducerJulie Yorn
- Co-ProducerM. Cevin Cathell
- Executive ProducerNick Wechsler
- Co-ProducerJay Polstein
- ProducerSamuel L. Jackson
- Co-Executive ProducerMichael Bennett
- CastingJaki Brown
- Sound Effects EditorMarshall Winn
- Sound Effects EditorBrian Best
- EditorTerilyn A. Shropshire
- Sound Effects EditorSteven D. Williams
- Set DecorationJoanne Schmidt
- Art DirectionAdele Plauche
- Sound Effects EditorHoward Neiman
- Production DesignJeffrey Howard
- ProducerCaldecot Chubb
- Co-Executive ProducerMargaret Matheson
- Still PhotographerChris Helcermanas-Benge
- CastingRobyn M. Mitchell
- Script SupervisorNoel Dawkins
- Costume DesignKaryn Wagner
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- sibling relationship
- parent child relationship
- superstition
- aunt niece relationship
- menstruation
- tavern
- curse
- all black cast
- woman director
- angry
- anxious
- vindictive
- cautionary
- baffled
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2018-06-28· BAMcinemaFest
- Theatrical1997-11-07R
