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Tell It to the Bees

Tell It to the Bees (2018)

1h 46m | PG-13

⭐ 7.546 / 10

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.

Director: Annabel Jankel

Studio: Taking a Line for a Walk Productions

Genre: Romance, Drama

Video: 720p

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Cast

Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin

as Jean Markham

Holliday Grainger

Holliday Grainger

as Lydia Weekes

Emun Elliott

Emun Elliott

as Robert Weekes

Steven Robertson

Steven Robertson

as Jim

Lauren Lyle

Lauren Lyle

as Annie Stock

Gregor Selkirk

Gregor Selkirk

as Charlie Weekes

Reviews

By beyondthecineramadome

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.