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* TheSixties: The film takes place in 1962.
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* ADeadlyAffair: Eve's father Louis, a doctor, is constantly cheating on his wife with the various female patients he makes house calls on. Matty Moreaux's husband Lenny finds out and orders Louis not to say another word to his wife. Louis mockingly says "good night" to her and for it is shot dead in front of his daughter Eve.
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* ADeadlyAffair: Eve's father Louis, a doctor, is constantly cheating on his wife with the various female patients he makes house calls on. Matty Moreaux's husband Lenny finds out and orders Louis not to say another word to his wife. Louis [[spoiler:Louis mockingly says "good night" to her and for it is shot dead in front of his daughter Eve. Eve.]]
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* TheSixties: The film takes place in 1962.
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In 1962, ten year old Eve Batiste (Smollett), named for the founder of their hometown, is the middle child in one of Louisiana's most sophisticated and prosperous Black Creole families: her father Louis (Jackson), is a doctor, and her mother Roz (Whitfield), minds the family. She's the middle of three; her sister Cisely is 14 and a DaddysGirl and her brother Poe is 9 and the baby of the family. She often confides in her aunt Mozelle (Debbie Morgan), a sultry fortuneteller; the two are close due to a shared sense of the supernatural.
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In 1962, ten year old Eve Batiste (Smollett), named for the founder of their hometown, is the middle child in one of Louisiana's most sophisticated and prosperous Black Creole families: her father Louis (Jackson), is a doctor, and her mother Roz (Whitfield), minds the family. She's the middle of three; her sister Cisely (Creator/MeaganGood) is 14 and a DaddysGirl and her brother Poe is 9 and the baby of the family. She Eve often confides in her aunt Mozelle (Debbie Morgan), a sultry fortuneteller; the two are close due to a shared sense of the supernatural.
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In 1962, ten year old Eve Batiste (Smollett), named for the founder of their hometown, is the middle child in one of Louisiana's most sophisticated and prosperous families: her father, Louis (Jackson), is a doctor, and her mother, Roz (Whitfield), minds the family. She's the middle of three; her sister, Cisely, is 14 and a DaddysGirl and her brother Poe is 9 and the baby of the family. She often and confides in her aunt Mozelle (Debbie Morgan), a sultry fortuneteller. The two are close due to a shared sense of the supernatural. One night during a party, Eve catches her father having sex with another woman, Matty Moreaux, who is married and is infuriated. While Mozelle struggles with her own CartwrightCurse dilemma, the family is in for a summer that changes their lives forever -- in part because of Eve.
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In 1962, ten year old Eve Batiste (Smollett), named for the founder of their hometown, is the middle child in one of Louisiana's most sophisticated and prosperous Black Creole families: her father, father Louis (Jackson), is a doctor, and her mother, mother Roz (Whitfield), minds the family. She's the middle of three; her sister, Cisely, sister Cisely is 14 and a DaddysGirl and her brother Poe is 9 and the baby of the family. She often and confides in her aunt Mozelle (Debbie Morgan), a sultry fortuneteller. The fortuneteller; the two are close due to a shared sense of the supernatural. supernatural.
One night during a party, Eve catches her father having sex with another woman, Matty Moreaux, who ismarried married, and is infuriated.upset by the revelation and more that she learns about her father. While Mozelle struggles with her own CartwrightCurse dilemma, the family is in for a summer that changes their lives forever -- in part because of Eve.
One night during a party, Eve catches her father having sex with another woman, Matty Moreaux, who is
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In a rage, Eve goes to Elzora and commissions a curse to be put on her father, saying she's "for certain" that she wants him to die for it. [[spoiler: He does, when he's shot to death in front of her by Matty Moreaux's furious husband Lenny]]. Also coupled with DidntThinkThisThrough, as she actually meant a voodoo doll to enact the curse.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In a rage, Eve goes to Elzora and commissions a curse to be put on her father, saying she's "for certain" that she wants him to die for it.[[spoiler:abusing her older sister]]. [[spoiler: He does, when he's shot to death in front of her by Matty Moreaux's furious husband Lenny]]. Also coupled with DidntThinkThisThrough, as she actually meant to obtain a voodoo doll to enact the curse.
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* IWishedYouWereDead: [[spoiler:Eve goes to a voodoo priestess to find a way to kill her father. Soon after, he is shot by Matty Moreaux's angry husband Lenny in front of her.]]
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* IWishedYouWereDead: [[spoiler:Eve goes to a voodoo priestess to find a way to kill her father.father in anger after believing he molested her older sister. Soon after, he is shot by Matty Moreaux's angry husband Lenny in front of her.]]
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* MiddleChildSyndrome: How Eve feels compared to Cisely and Poe, feeling like TheUnfavorite. This is probably why she developed such a close bond with her aunt Mozelle, as her parents probably baby Poe and award more freedom to her Cisely.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler:How Mozelle's secret lover dealt with her second husband.]]
* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler:How Mozelle's secret lover dealt with her second husband.]]
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* MiddleChildSyndrome: How Eve feels compared to Cisely and Poe, feeling like TheUnfavorite. This is probably why she developed such a close bond with her aunt Mozelle, as her parents probably baby Poe and award more freedom to her Cisely.
*MurderTheHypotenuse: MurderTheHypotenuse:
** [[spoiler:How Mozelle's secret lover dealt with her second husband.]]
** [[spoiler:How Louis dies when Matty Moreaux's husband Lenny finds out about their affair.]]
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** [[spoiler:How Mozelle's secret lover dealt with her second husband.]]
** [[spoiler:How Louis dies when Matty Moreaux's husband Lenny finds out about their affair.]]
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* ParentalIncest: Whether or not a mild form of this occurred between Louis and his oldest daughter Cisely is one of the central focuses of the film. [[spoiler: The theatrical release makes it more explicit that Cisely initiated the kiss with her father and he forcibly stopped her, while the director's cut leaves it ambiguous who initiated the kiss.]]
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* ParentalIncest: Whether or not a mild form of this occurred between Louis and his oldest daughter Cisely is one of the central focuses of the film. [[spoiler: The theatrical release makes it more explicit that Cisely initiated the kiss with her father and he Louis forcibly stopped her, while the director's cut leaves it ambiguous who initiated the kiss.]]
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* SceneryPorn: The eponymous bayou is almost a character itself, along with the large manor home.
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* SceneryPorn: The eponymous bayou is almost a character itself, along with the large Batiste manor home.
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* SouthernGothic: The movie is set in Louisiana in the 1960s and focuses on a Black family that's full of secrets, conflict, and unclear magic.
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* SouthernGothic: The movie is set in Louisiana in the 1960s and focuses on a Black Creole family that's full of secrets, conflict, infidelity, and unclear magic.
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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Cisely. She sneaks out of the house, goes to the hairdresser and gets a haircut despite being told to not leave the house and in one scene she mouths off to Grandmere and rolls her eyes at Roz.
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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Cisely. She sneaks out of the house, goes to the hairdresser and gets a mature woman's haircut despite being told to not leave the house house, and in one scene she mouths off to Grandmere and rolls her eyes at Roz.
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* ParentalIncest: [[spoiler:Maybe. It's never truly known what happened between Cisely and Louis.]]
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* ParentalIncest: [[spoiler:Maybe. It's never truly known what happened Whether or not a mild form of this occurred between Louis and his oldest daughter Cisely is one of the central focuses of the film. [[spoiler: The theatrical release makes it more explicit that Cisely initiated the kiss with her father and Louis.he forcibly stopped her, while the director's cut leaves it ambiguous who initiated the kiss.]]
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In 1962, Eve Batiste (Smollett), named for the founder of their hometown, is the middle child in one of Louisiana's most sophisticated and prosperous families: her father, Louis (Jackson), is a doctor, and her mother, Roz (Whitfield), minds the family. She's the middle of three; her sister, Cisely, is 14 and a DaddysGirl and her brother Poe is 9 and the baby of the family. She often and confides in her aunt Mozelle (Debbie Morgan), a sultry fortuneteller. The two are close due to a shared sense of the supernatural. One night during a party, Eve catches her father having sex with another woman, Matty Moreaux, who is married and is infuriated. While Mozelle struggles with her own CartwrightCurse dilemma, the family is in for a summer that changes their lives forever -- in part because of Eve.
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In 1962, ten year old Eve Batiste (Smollett), named for the founder of their hometown, is the middle child in one of Louisiana's most sophisticated and prosperous families: her father, Louis (Jackson), is a doctor, and her mother, Roz (Whitfield), minds the family. She's the middle of three; her sister, Cisely, is 14 and a DaddysGirl and her brother Poe is 9 and the baby of the family. She often and confides in her aunt Mozelle (Debbie Morgan), a sultry fortuneteller. The two are close due to a shared sense of the supernatural. One night during a party, Eve catches her father having sex with another woman, Matty Moreaux, who is married and is infuriated. While Mozelle struggles with her own CartwrightCurse dilemma, the family is in for a summer that changes their lives forever -- in part because of Eve.
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A 1997 Southern Gothic drama directed by Creator/KasiLemmons and starring Creator/JurneeSmollett, Creator/SamuelLJackson, and Creator/LynnWhitfield.
In 1962, Eve Batiste (Smollett), named for the founder of their hometown, is the middle child in one of Louisiana's most sophisticated and prosperous families. Her sister, Cisely, is 14 and her brother, Poe, is 9. Her father, Louis (Jackson), is a doctor, and her mother, Roz (Whitfield), minds the family. One night during a party, Eve catches her father with another woman, Mrs. Moreaux.
Eve confides in her aunt Mozelle (Debbie Morgan), a sultry fortuneteller. The two are close due to a shared sense of the supernatural. And as Mozelle struggles with her own CartwrightCurse dilemma, the family is in for a summer that changes their lives forever. The movie was directed and written by Creator/KasiLemmons, and produced by Samuel L. Jackson.
In 1962, Eve Batiste (Smollett), named for the founder of their hometown, is the middle child in one of Louisiana's most sophisticated and prosperous families. Her sister, Cisely, is 14 and her brother, Poe, is 9. Her father, Louis (Jackson), is a doctor, and her mother, Roz (Whitfield), minds the family. One night during a party, Eve catches her father with another woman, Mrs. Moreaux.
Eve confides in her aunt Mozelle (Debbie Morgan), a sultry fortuneteller. The two are close due to a shared sense of the supernatural. And as Mozelle struggles with her own CartwrightCurse dilemma, the family is in for a summer that changes their lives forever. The movie was directed and written by Creator/KasiLemmons, and produced by Samuel L. Jackson.
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In 1962, Eve Batiste (Smollett), named for the founder of their hometown, is the middle child in one of Louisiana's most sophisticated and prosperous families. Her sister, Cisely, is 14 and her brother, Poe, is 9. Her father, Louis (Jackson), is a doctor, and her mother, Roz (Whitfield), minds the family. One night during a party, Eve catches her father with another woman, Mrs. Moreaux.
Eve confides in her aunt Mozelle (Debbie Morgan), a sultry fortuneteller. The two are close due to a shared sense of the supernatural. And as Mozelle struggles with her own CartwrightCurse dilemma, the family is in for a summer that changes their lives forever.
In 1962, Eve Batiste (Smollett), named for the founder of their hometown, is the middle child in one of Louisiana's most sophisticated and prosperous families: her father, Louis (Jackson), is a doctor, and her mother, Roz (Whitfield), minds the family. She's the middle of three; her sister, Cisely, is 14 and a DaddysGirl and her brother Poe is 9 and the baby of the family. She often and confides in her aunt Mozelle (Debbie Morgan), a sultry fortuneteller. The two are close due to a shared sense of the supernatural. One night during a party, Eve catches her father having sex with another woman, Matty Moreaux, who is married and is infuriated. While Mozelle struggles with her own CartwrightCurse dilemma, the family is in for a summer that changes their lives forever -- in part because of Eve.
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* AmbiguousSituation: The central plot of the movie. [[spoiler: Did Cisely kiss Louis, or did he abuse her?]] Conflicting accounts are given by those involved and the movie never gives a definitive answer either way. In the director's cut, there is an additional character who sees what happens, but he's mute, so no one else will ever know.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In a rage, Eve goes to Elzora and commissions a curse to be put on her father, saying she was "For certain" that she wanted him to die [[spoiler: Well, he does, when he's shot to death]]. Also coupled with DidntThinkThisThrough, as she actually meant a voodoo doll to enact the curse.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In a rage, Eve goes to Elzora and commissions a curse to be put on her father, saying she was "For certain" that she wanted him to die [[spoiler: Well, he does, when he's shot to death]]. Also coupled with DidntThinkThisThrough, as she actually meant a voodoo doll to enact the curse.
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* AmbiguousSituation: The central plot of the movie. [[spoiler: Did [[spoiler:Did Cisely kiss Louis, or did he abuse her?]] Conflicting accounts are given by those involved and the movie never gives a definitive answer either way. In the director's cut, there is an additional character who sees what happens, but he's mute, so no one else will ever know.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In a rage, Eve goes to Elzora and commissions a curse to be put on her father, sayingshe was "For she's "for certain" that she wanted wants him to die for it. [[spoiler: Well, he He does, when he's shot to death]].death in front of her by Matty Moreaux's furious husband Lenny]]. Also coupled with DidntThinkThisThrough, as she actually meant a voodoo doll to enact the curse.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In a rage, Eve goes to Elzora and commissions a curse to be put on her father, saying
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* BookEnds: '' "The summer I killed my father, I was 10 years old, my brother Poe was 9 and my sister Cisely just turned 14" ''.
* CartwrightCurse: Mozelle kind of has this problem.
* ExactWords: Older!Eve (through narration) begins the film by claiming the summer she's about to recount was the summer she killed her father. [[spoiler: This implies that she killed him herself, but as we see, it was her leaking of information that lead to someone else killing him]].
* FaintingSeer: Mozelle passes out after having a vision and interpreting it as one of the kids getting hit by a car. [[spoiler: Turns out Eve was falling because Louis pushed her out of the way of a gun before he was shot to death, and a train just so happened to be passing at that time. It didn't even hit her, it was just nearby]].
* CartwrightCurse: Mozelle kind of has this problem.
* ExactWords: Older!Eve (through narration) begins the film by claiming the summer she's about to recount was the summer she killed her father. [[spoiler: This implies that she killed him herself, but as we see, it was her leaking of information that lead to someone else killing him]].
* FaintingSeer: Mozelle passes out after having a vision and interpreting it as one of the kids getting hit by a car. [[spoiler: Turns out Eve was falling because Louis pushed her out of the way of a gun before he was shot to death, and a train just so happened to be passing at that time. It didn't even hit her, it was just nearby]].
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* BookEnds: '' "The ''"The summer I killed my father, I was 10 years old, my brother Poe was 9 and my sister Cisely just turned 14" ''.
14"''.
%% * CartwrightCurse: Mozelle kind of has this problem.
*ExactWords: Older!Eve ADeadlyAffair: Eve's father Louis, a doctor, is constantly cheating on his wife with the various female patients he makes house calls on. Matty Moreaux's husband Lenny finds out and orders Louis not to say another word to his wife. Louis mockingly says "good night" to her and for it is shot dead in front of his daughter Eve.
* DaddysGirl: Cisely is very close to her father Louis. [[spoiler:Which results in a very messed up blurred line when she accuses him of abusing her and he says she came on to him.]]
* ExactWords:
** Older Eve (through narration) begins the film byclaiming stating the summer she's about to recount was is the summer she killed her father. [[spoiler: This implies that she killed him herself, but as we see, it was her it's shown that [[spoiler:her leaking of information that lead about his many affairs -- and some voodoo spells -- led to someone else Lenny Moreaux killing him]].
him in anger]].
** An infuriated Lenny Moreaux (who has learned his wife is sleeping around, including with Louis) tells Louis not to say another word to his wife Matty or he'll kill him. [[Louis mockingly says "good night" to her. Lenny shoots Louis dead]].
* FaintingSeer: Mozelle passes out after having a vision and interpreting it as one of the kids getting hit by a car.[[spoiler: Turns [[spoiler:Turns out Eve was falling because Louis pushed her out of the way of a gun before he was shot to death, and a train just so happened to be passing at that time. It didn't even hit her, it was just nearby]].
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* DaddysGirl: Cisely is very close to her father Louis. [[spoiler:Which results in a very messed up blurred line when she accuses him of abusing her and he says she came on to him.]]
* ExactWords:
** Older Eve (through narration) begins the film by
** An infuriated Lenny Moreaux (who has learned his wife is sleeping around, including with Louis) tells Louis not to say another word to his wife Matty or he'll kill him. [[Louis mockingly says "good night" to her. Lenny shoots Louis dead]].
* FaintingSeer: Mozelle passes out after having a vision and interpreting it as one of the kids getting hit by a car.
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* GossipyHens: A few women at the Batistes' party in the beginning. They are even the rare variety that provides [[MrExposition exposition]], revealing to the audience that Mrs. Moreaux sleeps around and that Louis is the best colored doctor in Louisiana.
* HeroicBSOD: Mozelle after Elzora spitefully tells her that her next husband will die like the other three.
* HeroicBSOD: Mozelle after Elzora spitefully tells her that her next husband will die like the other three.
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* GossipyHens: A few women at the Batistes' party in the beginning. beginning are this. They are even the rare variety that provides [[MrExposition exposition]], revealing to the audience that Mrs. Matty Moreaux sleeps around and that Louis is the best colored doctor in Louisiana.
* HeroicBSOD:Mozelle Mozelle, after Elzora spitefully tells her that her next husband will die like the other three.
* HeroicBSOD:
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* HotWitch: Mozelle, seeing as she's considered quite attractive and was just as promiscuous as her brother, Louis.
* IWishedYouWereDead: [[spoiler:Eve goes to a voodoo priestess to find a way to kill her father; soon after, he is shot by Mrs. Moreaux's husband.]]
* IWishedYouWereDead: [[spoiler:Eve goes to a voodoo priestess to find a way to kill her father; soon after, he is shot by Mrs. Moreaux's husband.]]
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* HotWitch: Mozelle, seeing as she's Mozelle. She's considered quite attractive and was just as promiscuous as her brother, Louis.
* IWishedYouWereDead: [[spoiler:Eve goes to a voodoo priestess to find a way to kill herfather; soon father. Soon after, he is shot by Mrs. Matty Moreaux's husband.angry husband Lenny in front of her.]]
* IWishedYouWereDead: [[spoiler:Eve goes to a voodoo priestess to find a way to kill her
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* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler: How Mozelle's secret lover dealt with her second husband.]]
* NeverTrustATrailer: One of the promo spots for the movie includes a woman telling Eve, "If you tell anyone, I swear I'll do you harm." It sounded like one of Louis' extramarital conquests seriously threatening Eve if she told anyone about it, though in reality it was her aunt, most likely speaking in hyperbole.
* NeverTrustATrailer: One of the promo spots for the movie includes a woman telling Eve, "If you tell anyone, I swear I'll do you harm." It sounded like one of Louis' extramarital conquests seriously threatening Eve if she told anyone about it, though in reality it was her aunt, most likely speaking in hyperbole.
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* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler: How [[spoiler:How Mozelle's secret lover dealt with her second husband.]]
* NeverTrustATrailer: One of the promo spots for the movie includes a woman telling Eve, "If you tell anyone, I swear I'll do you harm." It sounded like one of Louis' extramarital conquests seriously threatening Eve if she told anyone aboutit, though it; in reality it was her aunt, most likely speaking in hyperbole.
* NeverTrustATrailer: One of the promo spots for the movie includes a woman telling Eve, "If you tell anyone, I swear I'll do you harm." It sounded like one of Louis' extramarital conquests seriously threatening Eve if she told anyone about
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* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted. Cisely starts her menstrual period during the movie. And a VERY big deal is made of it, including showing her bloody underwear.
* NostalgicNarrator: Eve
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* PetTheDog: Mozelle's husband Harry's relationship with Eve.
* PizzaBoySpecialDelivery: Louis sleeps with quite a few of his female patients while on house calls, to the point that women feign illness just to be alone with him.
* PizzaBoySpecialDelivery: Louis sleeps with quite a few of his female patients while on house calls, to the point that women feign illness just to be alone with him.
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%% * PetTheDog: Mozelle's husband Harry's relationship with Eve.
* PizzaBoySpecialDelivery: Louis sleeps with quite a few of his female patients while going around on house calls, to the point that women feign illness just to be alone with him.
* PizzaBoySpecialDelivery: Louis sleeps with quite a few of his female patients while going around on house calls, to the point that women feign illness just to be alone with him.
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-->'''Louis''': Eve, go play outside. ''(Closes door)'' What pain is that, Stevie? (bom chicka wow-wow)
* TheRashomon: To some extent, with what happened between Cisely and Louis. Cisely claims [[spoiler: molested her]], while Louis' letter [[spoiler: that Cisely came onto him and he reacted violently]]. Eve does see what happened with her second sight but it's not revealed, leaving it up in the air.
* TheRashomon: To some extent, with what happened between Cisely and Louis. Cisely claims [[spoiler: molested her]], while Louis' letter [[spoiler: that Cisely came onto him and he reacted violently]]. Eve does see what happened with her second sight but it's not revealed, leaving it up in the air.
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-->'''Louis''': Eve, go play outside. ''(Closes door)'' What pain is that, Stevie? (bom chicka wow-wow)
Stevie?
-->''*Cue SexyDiscretionShot.*''
* TheRashomon: To some extent, with what happened between Cisely and Louis. Cisely claims[[spoiler: [[spoiler:her father molested her]], while Louis' letter [[spoiler: that states [[spoiler:that Cisely came onto him and he reacted violently]]. Eve does see what happened with her second sight but it's not clearly revealed, leaving it the truth up in the air.
-->''*Cue SexyDiscretionShot.*''
* TheRashomon: To some extent, with what happened between Cisely and Louis. Cisely claims
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* SceneryPorn: The eponymous bayou is almost a character itself.
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* SceneryPorn: The eponymous bayou is almost a character itself.itself, along with the large manor home.
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* SouthernGothic
* StepfordSmiler: Roz had tried her best to keep everything looking happy and normal despite knowing full well her husband is a total whore. Much of the movie deals with her facade breaking.
* TemptingFate: When a cuckolded husband, who is CLEARLY drunk and very angry, tells you not to speak to his wife again under threat of death...it is wisest to err on the safe side.
* StepfordSmiler: Roz had tried her best to keep everything looking happy and normal despite knowing full well her husband is a total whore. Much of the movie deals with her facade breaking.
* TemptingFate: When a cuckolded husband, who is CLEARLY drunk and very angry, tells you not to speak to his wife again under threat of death...it is wisest to err on the safe side.
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* SouthernGothic
SouthernGothic: The movie is set in Louisiana in the 1960s and focuses on a Black family that's full of secrets, conflict, and unclear magic.
* StepfordSmiler: Rozhad tried tries her best to keep everything looking happy and normal despite knowing full well her husband is a total whore. Much of the movie deals with her facade breaking.
* TemptingFate:When a Matty Moreaux's cuckolded husband, husband Lenny, who is CLEARLY drunk and very angry, angry at Louis after finding out he's been sleeping with his wife, tells you him not to speak to his wife again under threat of death...it is wisest to err on the safe side.death. Louis mockingly tells her "good night." [[spoiler:He's shot dead in front of Eve for it.]]
* StepfordSmiler: Roz
* TemptingFate:
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* TooDumbToLive: Louis. Despite Lenny warning him that he'll kill him if he talks to Matty again, he decides to talk to her anyway. Let's just say that Lenny wasn't bluffing.
* WallBangHer: How Louis and Mrs. Moreaux get it on in the carriage house.
* WallBangHer: How Louis and Mrs. Moreaux get it on in the carriage house.
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* TooDumbToLive: Louis. Despite Lenny Moreaux's warning him Louis that he'll kill him if he talks to Matty again, he decides to talk to her anyway. Let's just say that anyway, teasingly saying "good night." Lenny wasn't bluffing.
bluffing and [[spoiler:shoots him dead]].
* WallBangHer: How Louis andMrs. Matty Moreaux get it on in the carriage house.
* WallBangHer: How Louis and
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* [[OedipusComplex Electra Complex]]: [[spoiler: Cisely toward her father Louis. Maybe.]]
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* ButNotTooBlack: Justified, as the movie is about Creole society in 1960s Louisiana. The majority of the actors and extras are mixed.
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A 1997 Southern Gothic drama starring Creator/JurneeSmollett, Creator/SamuelLJackson, and Creator/LynnWhitfield.
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A 1997 Southern Gothic drama directed by Creator/KasiLemmons and starring Creator/JurneeSmollett, Creator/SamuelLJackson, and Creator/LynnWhitfield.
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Eve confides in her aunt Mozelle (Debbie Morgan), a sultry fortuneteller. The two are close due to a shared sense of the supernatural. And as Mozelle struggles with her own CartwrightCurse dilemma, the family is in for a summer that changes their lives forever. The movie was directed and written by Kasi Lemmons, and produced by Samuel L. Jackson.
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Eve confides in her aunt Mozelle (Debbie Morgan), a sultry fortuneteller. The two are close due to a shared sense of the supernatural. And as Mozelle struggles with her own CartwrightCurse dilemma, the family is in for a summer that changes their lives forever. The movie was directed and written by Kasi Lemmons, Creator/KasiLemmons, and produced by Samuel L. Jackson.
