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75% Critic Match
Tell It to the Bees
“Some secrets are too powerful to keep.”
7.5 / 10• 2019• 1h 46m•NR• English
RomanceDrama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Anna Paquin
Jean Markham
Lead
Holliday Grainger
Lydia Weekes
Emun Elliott
Robert Weekes
Steven Robertson
Jim
Lauren Lyle
Annie Stock
Gregor Selkirk
Charlie Weekes
Kate Dickie
Pam Stock
Billy Boyd
Older Charlie (voice)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Annabel Jankel's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Tell It to the Bees is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
