Tell It to the Bees (2018)
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.
- Annabel Jankel
- Robyn Henderson
- Jamie Hetherington
- Raluca Staruiala
- Steph Bryant
- Cristin Mackenzie
- Henrietta Ashworth
- Jessica Ashworth
- Fiona Shaw
Rating: 7.6/10 by 438 users
Alternative Title:
벌들에게 말해봐 - KR
Der Honiggarten - DE
Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 46 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: based on novel or book, scotland, lesbian relationship, working class, lgbt, woman director, 1950s, failed marriage, beekeeper, lesbian
Full review: https://www.tinakakadelis.com/beyond-the-cinerama-dome/2021/12/28/kept-you-like-a-secret-tell-it-to-the-bees-review 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.
