Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 10/17/08 Home Video 02/03/09 MPAA Rating Rated PG-13 for thematic material and some violence Running Time 1 hour 50 minutes Genre Drama Director Gina Prince-Bythewood Writer Gina Prince-Bythewood Cast Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Sophie Okonedo, Alicia Keys, Paul Bettany, Hilarie Burton, Nate Parker Studio Fox Searchlight |
THE SECRET LIVES OF BEES (2008)
SYNOPSIS
THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES, based on the New York
Times best selling novel and set in South Carolina in
1964, is the moving tale of Lily Owens (Fanning) a 14
year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late
mother (Burton). To escape her lonely life and troubled
relationship with her father (Bettany), Lily flees with
Rosaleen (Hudson), 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 (Latifah, Okonedo and
Keys), Lily finds solace in their mesmerizing world of
beekeeping.
-© Fox Searchlight
THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES, based on the New York
Times best selling novel and set in South Carolina in
1964, is the moving tale of Lily Owens (Fanning) a 14
year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late
mother (Burton). To escape her lonely life and troubled
relationship with her father (Bettany), Lily flees with
Rosaleen (Hudson), 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 (Latifah, Okonedo and
Keys), Lily finds solace in their mesmerizing world of
beekeeping.
-© Fox Searchlight
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