Tell It to the Bees

Tell It to the Bees

2018-09-09 • 1h 46m • NR •
Romance Drama
7.5
User Score
458 votes

"Some secrets are too powerful to keep."

Overview

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.

Annabel Jankel

Director

Jessica Ashworth

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Movie Details

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$N/A

Revenue

$N/A

Runtime

1h 46m

Release Date

2018-09-09

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Reviews

beyondthecineramadome

beyondthecineramadome

2022-06-20T19:06:24.302Z

Full review: <a>https://www.tinakakadelis.com/beyond-the-cinerama-dome/2021/12/28/kept-you-like-a-secret-tell-it-to-the-bees-review<a> Adapted from Fiona Shaw’s book of the same name, _Tell it to the Bees_ is a historical romance centering on a relationship between two women. Jean Markham (Anna Paquin) is a new doctor in a town in Scotland in the 1950s. She begins a friendship with a woman named Lydia Weekes (Holliday Grainger) after Lydia’s son Charlie (Gregor Selkirk) develops a fascination with Jean’s bees. Lydia is married to an abusive man (Emun Elliott) and their marriage is falling apart. In Jean, Lydia and Charlie find a supportive and caring person to lean on.