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