Tell It to the Bees (2019)

★ 7.5 1h 46m 468 votes IMDb
Drama Romance
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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.

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Cast

Anna Paquin
Anna Paquin as Jean Markham Age 43 · Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Anna Helene Paquin (/ˈpækwɪn/ PAK-win; born 24 July 1982) is a New Zealand actress. Born in Winnipeg, Canada, and raised in Wellington, she made her acting debut in the romantic drama film The Piano (...
Holliday Grainger
Holliday Grainger as Lydia Weekes Age 38 · Didsbury, Manchester, England, UK Holliday Clark Grainger (born 27 March 1988), also credited as Holly Grainger, is an English screen and stage actress. Some of her prominent roles are Kate Beckett in the BAFTA award-winning children'...
Emun Elliott
Emun Elliott as Robert Weekes Age 42 · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Emun Elliott is a Scottish film and television actor, best known for playing Dr Christian King in Paradox, Richie in Threesome and John Moray in The Paradise..
Steven Robertson
Steven Robertson as Jim Age 46 · Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
Lauren Lyle
Lauren Lyle as Annie Stock Age 32 · Glasgow, Scotland Lauren Lyle (born 12 July 1993) is an award-winning Scottish actress best known for her recurring role as Marsali MacKimmie Fraser in the Starz drama series Outlander and Jade Antoniak in the BBC dram...
Gregor Selkirk
Gregor Selkirk as Charlie Weekes
Director Annabel Jankel
Cast Anna Paquin, Holliday Grainger, Emun Elliott, Steven Robertson, Lauren Lyle, Gregor Selkirk, Kate Dickie, Billy Boyd, Euan Mason, Zara Howell

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beyondthecineramadome 3/10 Jun 20, 2022
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.

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