The Secret Life of Bees

About The Secret Life of Bees

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's The Secret Life of Bees is a 2008 adventure drama film. Dakota Fanning appears as Lily Owens, Queen Latifah as August Boatwright, Jennifer Hudson as Rosaleen Daise, and Alicia Keys as June Boatwright.

It runs 114 minutes and was released in September 2008. Written by Gina Prince-Bythewood. Production companies include Dune Entertainment III, Overbrook Entertainment, and The Donners' Company.

Members will find hopeful, melancholy, and shocking in it. It scores 7.5 out of 10 from 602 TMDB voters and it carries a PG-13 rating.

Frozen, Metamorphosis, and Pureza make useful companions to The Secret Life of Bees.