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The Secret Life of Bees

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Release date: October 6, 2008 More »


Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood

Cast:

  • Dakota Fanning as Lily Owens
  • Queen Latifah as August Boatwright
  • Jennifer Hudson as Rosaleen Daise
  • Alicia Keys as June Boatwright
  • Sophie Okonedo as May Boatwright
  • Paul Bettany as T. Ray Owens
  • Hilarie Burton as Deborah Owens
  • Tristan Wilds as Zach Taylor
  • Nate Parker as Neil
  • Shondrella Avery as Greta
  • Renée Clark as Doll
  • Sharon Morris as Violet
  • Nicky Buggs as Cressie
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About:

Set in South Carolina in 1964, the film 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, honey and the Black Madonna.

Producer: Ed Cathell III, James Lassiter, Ewan Leslie, Joe Pichirallo, Jada Pinkett Smith, Lauren Shuler Donner, Will Smith

Writers: Gina Prince-Bythewood, Sue Monk Kidd