2008 · family · adventure · drama
The Secret Life of Bees
Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood1h 54m2008
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.
Our read: The Secret Life of Bees (2008) reads as a warm, steady, grounded family · adventure · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, steady, measured family / adventure, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
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- tender
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