Tell It to the Bees
Some secrets are too powerful to keep.
Dr. Jean Markham returns to the town she left as a teenager to take over her late father's medical practice. When a school-yard scuffle lands Charlie in her surgery, she invites him to visit the hives in her garden and tell his secrets to the bees, as she once did. The new friendship between the boy and the bee keeper brings his mother Lydia into Jean's world.
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Anna Paquin
Jean Markham

Holliday Grainger
Lydia Weekes

Emun Elliott
Robert Weekes

Lauren Lyle
Annie Stock

Gregor Selkirk
Charlie Weekes

Kate Dickie
Pam Stock

Billy Boyd
Older Charlie (voice)

Euan Mason
John

Violet Fluendy
Chanting Girl 3

Kaidon McGrath
Bully Boy

Joanne Gallagher
Mrs Bewick

Leo Hoyte-Egan
George

Sarah McCardie
Mrs Robson

Rebecca Hanssen
Irene

Tori Burgess
Young Rose

Kyle Fitzpatrick
Rose Attacker 1

Ruaridh Mollica
Rose Attacker 2

Craig O'Hara
Rose Attacker 3
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Full review: https://www.tinakakadelis.com/beyond-the-cinerama-dome/2021/12/28/kept-you-like-a-secret-tell-it-to-the-bees-review
Adapted from Fiona Shaw’s book of the same name, _Tell it to the Bees_ is a historical romance centering on a relationship between two women. Jean Markham (Anna Paquin) is a new doctor in a town in Scotland in the 1950s. She begins a friendship with a woman named Lydia Weekes (Holliday Grainger) after Lydia’s son Charlie (Gregor Selkirk) develops a fascination with Jean’s bees. Lydia is married to an abusive man (Emun Elliott) and their marriage is falling apart. In Jean, Lydia and Charlie find a supportive and caring person to lean on.
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