The Bumblebee Flies Anyway

Jan 1, 2000

1h 35m

★ 6.2

They Took His Past. She Gave Him His Future

Overview

An amnesiac youth tries to piece together his past, but what he discovers may jeopardize his future.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

The Shooting Gallery

Haft Entertainment

The Bumblebee Flies Anyway Trailers

Cast

Barney Snow

Elijah Wood

Dr. Harriman

Janeane Garofalo

Dr. Croft

Roger Rees

Mazzo

Joe Perrino

Cassie

Rachael Leigh Cook

Billy

George O. Gore II

Mike

Adam LaVorgna

Nurse Bascam

Oni Faida Lampley

Allie Roon

Jeffrey Force

Eileen Snow

Janet Paparazzo

Chris Ronson

Christopher Mark Petrizzo

Samuel Ronson

Sam Haft

Thomas, 70, looks back on the last evening he and his lost friend Mari spent together. An evening in which they drink wine, dine, listen to piano playing and dance with their girlfriends. As the hours pass before his eyes, Thomas contemplates the lost friendship, the person Mari was and the conversations of that night.

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