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The secret life of bees, Fox Searchlight Pictures presents ; written for the screen and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood ; produced by Lauren Shuler Donner [and others] ; an Overbrook Entertainment/Donners' Company production, a Gina Prince-Bythewood film

eng

videorecording

MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic material and some violence

The secret life of bees

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Fox Searchlight Pictures presents ; written for the screen and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood ; produced by Lauren Shuler Donner [and others] ; an Overbrook Entertainment/Donners' Company production, a Gina Prince-Bythewood film

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To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father T-Ray, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past. Taken in by the intelligent and independent Boatwright sisters, Lily finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping

Special features: theatrical version; director's extended cut; 8 deleted scenes; "Adaptation: bringing The Secret Life of Bees to the big screen" featurette; "The women and men of The Secret Life of Bees" featurette; "Inside the pink house with Sue Monk Kidd" featurette; "Life on the set" featurette; "The world premiere" featurette; commentary with director/screenwriter Gina Prince-Bythewood, producer Lauren Shuler Donner & Joe Pichirallo, and actors Dakota Fanning and Queen Latifa; commentary with director/screenwriter Gina Prince-Bythewood and film editor Terilyn Shropshire

adolescent

live action