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Film · 2018

Tell It to the Bees

Directed by Annabel Jankel · starring Anna Paquin, Billy Boyd and Holliday Grainger

  • 1 h 46 min
  • 15
  • Drama · Romance
  • UK
  • Released in the UK 18 July 2019
  • 6.3 AverageMovieNCo
  • 6.8 Users2 votes
  • 5.7 Critics5 reviews
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Synopsis

Jean Markham is a young doctor who is coming back to her childhood village to work in the office of her recent-dead father. Some day, a little boy called Charlie has a fight in his school, so he goes to her office, where the doctor heals him and shows her own bee hive in her garden. She tells him to tell his problems to the bees, as she did when she was younger. A friendship between them is forged in that moment, so Charlie's mother is curious about this new friend of her son, so she mets Jean's office. The two women will quickly fall in love with each other, which will cause a bit of confusion to the little Charlie in the first moment, but he will accept later. Together, they must keep the secret of their love in a traditional british village from the 50's.

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Runtime
106 min1 hour and 46 minutes
Rating
15Suitable only for 15 years and over
How long is Tell It to the Bees?
1 hour and 46 minutes (106 minutes).
When was Tell It to the Bees released in the UK?
It was released in the UK on 18 July 2019.
Who directed Tell It to the Bees?
Annabel Jankel.
Who is in Tell It to the Bees?
It stars Anna Paquin, Billy Boyd, Holliday Grainger and Gregor Selkirk.
Where can I watch Tell It to the Bees?
In the UK it is available with a subscription on Disney+ and Prime Video and to rent on Apple TV.
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Cast

Full cast (17)
Director
Annabel Jankel
Writers
Henrietta Ashworth, Jessica Ashworth
Producers
Daisy Allsop, Nik Bower, Annabel Jankel, Deepak Nayar

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'Tell It To The Bees' Official trailer 2:0622 April 2019

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Reviews

All 5 reviews
6.8 2 votes

What the critics say average 5.7 from 5 outlets

  • 7.0 The Hollywood ReporterLeslie Felperin it?s hard to dislike this pleasant, earnest work. Read
  • 6.7 CriticRoxana Hadadi - AV Club Tell It To The Bees accomplishes for queer romance it abandons with an ending that is committed to unnecessary melancholy. Read
  • 6.0 Los Angeles TimesGeoff Berkshire Paquin, in one of her strongest performances since The Piano, and especially Grainger (best known for a substantial résumé of British television) shoulder the film?s dramatic burdens with grace and… Read

Trivia

  • An adaptation

    'Tell It to the Bees' is adapted from a novel by Fiona Shaw

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