Tell It to the Bees (2019)
Some secrets are too powerful to keep
Starring Anna Paquin, Holliday Grainger, Emun Elliott
Directed by Annabel Jankel
Dr. Jean Markham returns to the town she left as a teenager to take over her late father's medical practice. When a school-yard scuffle lands Charlie in her surgery, she invites him to visit the hives in her garden and tell his secrets to the bees, as she once did. The new friendship between the boy and the bee keeper brings his mother Lydia into Jean's world.
Runtime: 106 min.
Rating: 7.5
DVD
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom
Genres: Drama,Romance
Keywords: scotland,based on novel or book,lesbian relationship,working class,lgbt,woman director,1950s,failed marriage,beekeeper
Cast
Jean Markham
Lydia Weekes
Robert Weekes
Jim
Annie Stock
Charlie Weekes
Pam Stock
Older Charlie (voice)
John
Chanting Girl 1
Chanting Girl 2
Chanting Girl 3
Bully Boy
Billy
Mrs Bewick
Connie
Tim
Iris
George
Mrs Robson
Meg
Pete
Irene
Young Rose
Rose Attacker 1
Rose Attacker 2
Rose Attacker 3
Grocer
Jimmy
Abortionist