Tell It to the Bees

"Some secrets are too powerful to keep."

2019 1h 46m EN

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7.5

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★7.5TMDB · 480

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Dr. Jean Markham returns to the town she left as a teenager to take over her late father's medical practice. When a school-yard scuffle lands Charlie in her surgery, she invites him to visit the hives in her garden and tell his secrets to the bees, as she once did. The new friendship between the boy and the bee keeper brings his mother Lydia into Jean's world.

“Some secrets are too powerful to keep.”

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Cast

Anna Paquin
Jean Markham
Holliday Grainger
Lydia Weekes
Emun Elliott
Robert Weekes
Steven Robertson
Jim
Lauren Lyle
Annie Stock
Gregor Selkirk
Charlie Weekes
Kate Dickie
Pam Stock
Billy Boyd
Older Charlie (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Annabel Jankel
Writers: Jessica Ashworth, Henrietta Ashworth, Temple Clark
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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ERA

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Released 7 years ago.

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CAST

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223+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Claire M Singer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Maya Maffioli shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Anna Paquin and Holliday Grainger and Emun Elliott carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Some secrets are too powerful to keep.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt7241926 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Annabel Jankel directs. Claire M Singer scores. Maya Maffioli cuts. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 7 years ago.
2223+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
3Original score by Claire M Singer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Maya Maffioli shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Anna Paquin and Holliday Grainger and Emun Elliott carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Some secrets are too powerful to keep.".
7IMDB entry: tt7241926 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 10 themes, including "based on novel or book", "scotland", "lesbian relationship", "working class".

The technical file

Original score: Claire M Singer
Editing: Maya Maffioli
Production design: Andy Harris
Costume design: Alison Mitchell
Makeup / hair: Helen Cannon
VFX supervisor: Anders Nyman
Sound: Craig Irving
Runtime: 106 min · 1h 46m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Tell It to the Bees (2019)

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beyondthecineramadome2022-06-20
★ 3/10
Full review: <a>https://www.tinakakadelis.com/beyond-the-cinerama-dome/2021/12/28/kept-you-like-a-secret-tell-it-to-the-bees-review<a> Adapted from Fiona Shaw’s book of the same name, Tell it to the Bees is a historical romance centering on a relationship between two women. Jean Markham (Anna Paquin) is a new doctor in a town in Scotland in the 1950s. She begins a friendship with a woman named Lydia Weekes (Holliday Grainger) after Lydia’s son Charlie (Gregor Selkirk) develops a fascination with Jean’s bees. Lydia is married to an abusive man (Emun Elliott) and their marriage is falling apart. In Jean, Lydia and Charlie find a supportive and caring person to lean on.

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