Tell It to the Bees
2018 · Movie · 105 min. · United Kingdom
In 1950s small-town Britain, a doctor develops an intimate relationship with her young patient's mother. A single mother Lydia (Holliday Grainger) who is abandoned by her husband, meets the small village's Doctor Jean Markham (Anna Paquin) who has recently returned to her hometown when Lydia's son Charlie is taken under the doctor after being bullied in school. When Lydia and Charlie are unhoused because of Lydia's earnings from her work are not adequate to pay the rent, Jean invites them to stay in her home and she and Lydia soon develop a friendship and maybe something more.
Direction Annabel Jankel
Cast Anna Paquin · Holliday Grainger · Kate Dickie · Emun Elliott · Lauren Lyle · Rebecca Hanssen · Gregor Selkirk · Zara Howell · Steven Robertson · Alexa Snell
Soundtrack Claire M. Singer
Screenplay Henrietta Ashworth · Jessica Ashworth · Fiona Shaw
Cinematography Bartosz Nalazek
Original title Tell It to the Bees
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756 votes (FilmAffinity)
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