The Secret Life of Bees (2008)

  • PG-13
  • 09/17/2008 (US)
  • Family, Adventure, Drama
  • 1h 54m

Bring Your Girlfriends, Sisters, Mothers and Daughters.

Overview

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.

Gina Prince-Bythewood

Screenplay, Director

Sue Monk Kidd

Novel

Cast

Dakota Fanning's headshot

Dakota Fanning

Lily Owens
Queen Latifah's headshot

Queen Latifah

August Boatwright
Jennifer Hudson's headshot

Jennifer Hudson

Rosaleen Daise
Alicia Keys's headshot

Alicia Keys

June Boatwright
Sophie Okonedo's headshot

Sophie Okonedo

May Boatwright
Paul Bettany's headshot

Paul Bettany

T. Ray Owens
Hilarie Burton's headshot

Hilarie Burton

Deborah Owens
Tristan Mack Wilds's headshot

Tristan Mack Wilds

Zach Taylor

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