SECRET LIFE OF BEES, THE

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• Release Year: 2008
• Genre: Adventure; Drama
• Plot: Queen Latifah and Dakota Fanning head a stellar ensemble cast in this 'wonderful film about family, independence and the transcendent power of love' (Minneapolis Star Tribune) based on the acclaimed best-selling novel.; ; To escape her cruel, angry father - and discover the truth about her late mother's past - 14-year-old Lily Owens (Fanning) flees with her caregiver and friend Rosaleen (Jennifer Hudson) to a South Carolina town where she's taken in by the bee-keeping Boatwright sisters (Latifah, Alicia Keys, Sophie Okonedo). Surrounded by the unexpected love, grace and spirituality she encounters there, Lily forms a bond with each of these uniquely gifted women and discovers that sometimes you must leave home in order to find it.
• Cast: Dakota Fanning; Queen Latifah; Jennifer Hudson; Alicia Keys; Sophie Okonedo; Paul Bettany; Hilarie Burton; Tristan Wilds; Nate Parker; Shondrella Avery; Renée Clark; Sharon Morris; Nicky Buggs; Jasmine Burke; Emma Sage Bowman; Emily Alyn Lind; Addy Miller; Taylor Kowalski; Bob Hungerford; Richard Todd Sullivan; Chris Moore; Bill Oberst Jr.; Cullen Moss; Walt Elder; Dan Beene; Joe Chrest; Robin Mullins; Tom Conder; Jay S. Pearson; Dan Cox; Quentin Kerr; Kimberly Bailey; Doug Burch; Cathy Cavadini; Lanei Chapman; Barbara Iley; Amad Jackson; Tommy Lamey; Terence Mathews; Jeremy Maxwell; Alan Oppenheimer; Richard Penn; Noreen Reardon; Cheryl Tyre Smith; Linwood Mooring; Lindsey Sherrin; Gina Prince-Bythewood
• Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
• Runtime: 1:50
• Company: Fox Searchlight Pictures, Overbrook Entertainment, Donners' Company, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie