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.
Tell It to the Bees
“Some secrets are too powerful to keep.”
Overview
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.
Director
Annabel Jankel
Status
Released
Production
Taking a Line for a Walk Productions, Riverstone Pictures, Archface Films, Cayenne Film Company, Reliance Entertainment Productions 8
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)
Euan Mason
John
Zara Howell
Chanting Girl 2
Violet Fluendy
Chanting Girl 3
Kaidon McGrath
Bully Boy
Liam Meghan
Billy
Joanne Gallagher
Mrs Bewick
Joni Samson
Connie
Isaac Jenkins
Tim
Farah Samson
Iris
Leo Hoyte-Egan
George
Sarah McCardie
Mrs Robson
Alexa Snell
Meg
Michael O'Connor
Pete
Rebecca Hanssen
Irene
Tori Burgess
Young Rose
Kyle Fitzpatrick
Rose Attacker 1
Ruaridh Mollica
Rose Attacker 2
Craig O'Hara
Rose Attacker 3
Ben Bradley
Grocer
Declan Gemmell
Jimmy
Penny Sharp
Abortionist
Lauren Boyle
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