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The Secret Life of Bees (2008)

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Average rating: 90%
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4.5
from 4 members
 
Starring: Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Sophie Okonedo, Alicia Keys, Paul Bettany, Hilarie Burton, Nate Parker
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Run time: 109 mins
Certificate: 12
Genres: Drama
Released: unknown

Showing in 50 cinemas

Brief synopsis of The Secret Life of Bees

Set in South Carolina in 1964, the film is the moving tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past. Taken in by the intelligent and independent Boatwright sisters, Lily finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping, honey and the Black Madonna.

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Rating of 2 stars out of 5 Wally Hammond, Time Out

Some films are touching despite their overly direct, even crude, tugging at our emotions. And many people will no doubt... Read more on www.timeout.com