The Secret Life of Bees
Bring Your Girlfriends, Sisters, Mothers and Daughters.
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9/17/2008Runtime
114 minsOverview
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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A tender coming-of-age journey through the American South where a grieving girl discovers healing and belonging among the women who help her uncover her mother's hidden past. Melancholic yet gently hopeful, it's a story about found family and the slow work of mending.
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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
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