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The Secret Life of Bees (2008)

Film · 2008 · 114 min · PG-13 · Family · Adventure · Drama

Bring Your Girlfriends, Sisters, Mothers and Daughters.

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.

Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood

Starring Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, Sophie Okonedo, Paul Bettany, Hilarie Burton Morgan, Tristan Mack Wilds

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In cinemas17 September 2008
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First release anywhere17 September 2008

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