based on novel or book,scotland,lesbian relationship,working class,lgbt,woman director,1950s,failed marriage,beekeeper,lesbian

Tell It to the Bees (2018)

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Some secrets are too powerful to keep.

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.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Annabel Jankel
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    Jean Markham Anna Paquin
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    Lydia Weekes Holliday Grainger
  • Profile picture of Emun Elliott
    Robert Weekes Emun Elliott
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    Jim Steven Robertson
  • Profile picture of Lauren Lyle
    Annie Stock Lauren Lyle
  • Profile picture of Gregor Selkirk
    Charlie Weekes Gregor Selkirk
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    Pam Stock Kate Dickie
  • Profile picture of Billy Boyd
    Older Charlie (voice) Billy Boyd

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Keywords

  • based on novel or book
  • scotland
  • lesbian relationship
  • working class
  • lgbt
  • woman director
  • 1950s
  • failed marriage
  • beekeeper
  • lesbian