Starring Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning,
Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys and Sophie Okonedo, a
powerhouse ensemble of women from the world of music and
film, THE SECRET
LIFE OF BEES is the touching story about the need for love,
sisterhood and redemption that explores the undeniable
desire for a sense of belonging and the often daunting
journeys that we must navigate to achieve it. Set in South
Carolina, the home of the intelligent and independent
honey-making Boatwright sisters (Latifah, Keys and Okonedo)
is suddenly thrust into upheaval with the arrival of
fourteen year-old Lily Owens (Fanning) and her caretaker
Rosaleen (Hudson). Surrounded by the unexpected comforts,
grace and deep rooted spirituality Lily (Fanning) encounters
in the Boatwright home, she soon forms a maternal bond with
each of these women
whose unique and special gifts help reconcile the loss of
her mother. Through the strength and female empowerment that
embodies the Boatwright sisters, Lily ultimately comes to
the realization that sometimes you must leave home in order
to find it.
Owning and operating a successful bee farm and honey-making
business, August
Boatwright (Latifah) is the family matriarch running the
household with a firm but loving hand with her sisters, the
fiercely independent music teacher June (Keys) and the
innocent childlike May (Okonedo). The Boatwright sisters’
lives are disrupted when fourteen year-old Lily Owens
(Fanning) and her caretaker Rosaleen (Hudson) appear on
their doorstep seeking refuge. After fleeing with Rosaleen
to Tiburon, South Carolina, a place surrounded by mystery
and a strong connection to Lily’s mother, they find shelter
at the Boatwright household. Lily is immediately
taken under the wing of August Boatwright (Latifah) as her
new beekeeping apprentice. There she is given a comfortable
place to explore and, for the first time in her life, just
be. Lily also discovers joy in the simple pleasures of life
through her deepening relationship with the Boatwright
sisters and soon comes into her own, determined to enjoy the
sweet nectar of life for the first time. As a budding young
woman who has left the place she once called home, Lily
unexpectedly finds her true home and a family she has always
yearned for.
Tristan Wilds stars as August’s godson and Lily’s newfound
friend, Zachary Lincoln
Taylor, a hardworking teenager who dreams of becoming a
lawyer; Nate Parker as a young man head over heels in love
with marriage resistant June Boatwright (Keys), Hilarie
Burton as the mother Lily only remembers in her dreams and
Paul Bettany as her embittered and widowed father.
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