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==Plot==
Eve Batiste (Smollett), a 10-year-old girl, lives in a prosperous [[Creoles of color|Creole-American]] community in [[Louisiana]] with her younger brother Poe and her older sister Cisely in the 1960s. Their parents are Roz and Louis, [[African-American upper class|a well-respected doctor]] in Louisiana's African American 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 (Carson), a family friend. However, Cisely (Good), 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.
The summer quickly becomes a chaotic and stressful one for the Batiste family. Eve's relationship with her parents becomes more strained as she discovers more evidence of her father's serial infidelity. Cisely comes into conflict with both her sister and mother as she enters puberty and tries to navigate the difficult transition to adulthood, particularly with regard to her appearance and sexuality. Roz eventually begins to suspect her husband's infidelity, prompting conflict between the two as well.
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