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The Secret Life of Bees

Bring Your Girlfriends, Sisters, Mothers and Daughters.

2008 · PG-13 · 1h 54m

Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood

7.5

TMDB audience score
603 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past.

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Cast

  • Dakota Fanning
    Lily Owens

  • Queen Latifah
    August Boatwright

  • Jennifer Hudson
    Rosaleen Daise

  • Alicia Keys
    June Boatwright

  • Sophie Okonedo
    May Boatwright

  • Paul Bettany
    T. Ray Owens

  • Hilarie Burton Morgan
    Deborah Owens

  • Tristan Mack Wilds
    Zach Taylor

  • Nate Parker
    Neil

  • Shondrella Avery
    Greta

  • Renee Ford Clark
    Doll (as Renée Clark)

  • Sharon Conley
    Violet

  • Nicky Buggs
    Cressie

  • Jasmine Burke
    Sugar Girl

  • Emma Sage Bowman
    Young Lily

  • Emily Alyn Lind
    Young Lily

  • Addy Miller
    Young Lily

  • Taylor Kowalski
    Teenager