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The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood
“Bring Your Girlfriends, Sisters, Mothers and Daughters.”
Family, Adventure, Drama · 1h 54m
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.
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
R
Renee Ford Clark
Doll (as Renée Clark)
Sharon Conley
Violet
Crew
- Director
- Gina Prince-Bythewood
- Screenplay
- Gina Prince-Bythewood
- Novel
- Sue Monk Kidd
- Director of Photography
- Rogier Stoffers
- Original Music Composer
- Mark Isham
- Editor
- Terilyn A. Shropshire
- Producer
- James Lassiter, Lauren Shuler Donner, Will Smith, Joe Pichirallo
Details
- Release date
- 2008-09-17
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Genres
- Family, Adventure, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Dune Entertainment III, Fox Searchlight Pictures, The Donners' Company, Overbrook Entertainment
- Budget
- $11,000,000
- Box office
- $39,952,437