Set in the sweltering heat of 1962 Louisiana, Eve's Bayou follows the affluent Batiste family. The story is narrated by Eve (played by a young Jurnee Smollett in a breakout performance ), who begins the film with one of the most chilling opening lines in cinema: "The summer I killed my father, I was ten years old."
: Aunt Mozelle (Debbi Morgan), a psychic haunted by the deaths of her husbands, who guides Eve through the murky waters of adulthood. subtitle Eves.Bayou.1997.DVDRip.x264
: Louis Batiste (Samuel L. Jackson), a respected town doctor whose philandering ways threaten to tear his family apart. Set in the sweltering heat of 1962 Louisiana,
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: The film uses a 1.85:1 aspect ratio with rich, saturated colors that capture the "smooth atmosphere" of the bayou without losing detail.