<Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $14,842,388 </Td> </Tr> <P> Eve's Bayou is a 1997 American drama film written and directed by Kasi Lemmons, who made her directorial debut with this film . Samuel L. Jackson served as a producer and starred in the film with Lisa Nicole Carson, Jurnee Smollett, Lynn Whitfield and Meagan Good . </P> <P> Eve Batiste (Jurnee Smollett), a 10 - year - old girl, lives in a prosperous Creole - American community in Louisiana with her younger brother Poe (Jake Smollett) and her older sister Cisely (Meagan Good), a pretty girl who is just entering puberty . Their parents are Roz (Lynn Whitfield) and Louis (Samuel L. Jackson), a well - respected doctor in Louisiana's "colored" community who claims descent from the French aristocrat who founded the town of Eve's Bayou . One night after a raucous party, Eve accidentally witnesses her father having sex with Matty Mereaux (Lisa Nicole Carson), a family friend . However, Cisely, who has a very affectionate relationship with her father, convinces Eve that she misinterpreted an innocent moment . The unreliability of memory and observation remain important themes throughout the film . </P>

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