The Secret Life of Bees

Sep 17, 2008

1h 54m

★ 7.5

Bring Your Girlfriends, Sisters, Mothers and Daughters.

Overview

Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the 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.

Genres

Family

Adventure

Drama

Production Companies

Dune Entertainment III

Fox Searchlight Pictures

The Donners' Company

Overbrook Entertainment

The Secret Life of Bees Trailers

Cast

Lily Owens

Dakota Fanning

August Boatwright

Queen Latifah

Rosaleen Daise

Jennifer Hudson

June Boatwright

Alicia Keys

May Boatwright

Sophie Okonedo

T. Ray Owens

Paul Bettany

Deborah Owens

Hilarie Burton

Zach Taylor

Tristan Mack Wilds

Neil

Nate Parker

Greta

Shondrella Avery

Doll (as Renée Clark)

Renee Ford Clark

Violet

Sharon Conley

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