The Secret Life of Bees

Drama set in 1964 South Carolina, based on the novel by Sue Monk Kidd. Dakota Fanning stars as Lily Owens, the fourteen-year-old daughter of a fruit farm owner who is violent and abusive towards her. Her mother died in a horrific accident when Lily was a toddler, and she is cared for by her black nanny, Rosaleen (Jennifer Hudson). When Rosaleen ends up in jail after getting in trouble with a group of racist men in their local town, Lily frees her and the pair run away together, ending up at a honey farm owned by the Boatwright sisters, August (Queen Latifah), June (Alicia Keys) and May (Sophie Okonedo). Lily is taken on by the sisters as a beekeeping apprentice, and eventually discovers that her new 'family' has deep and unexpected connections with her late mother.

Special Features

Bonus Footage, Commentary: Gina Prince-Blythewood (Director/Writer), Lauren Shuler Donner (Producer), Joe Pichirallo (Producer), Dakota Fanning and Queen Latifah. Gina Prince-Blythewood (Director/Writer) and Terilyn Shropshire (Editor), Deleted Scenes, Documentaries: 'Bringing The Secret Life of Bees to the Big Screen', 'The Women and Men of The Secret Life of Bees', 'Inside the Pink House With Sue Monk Kidd', 'Life On the Set', World Premiere

Actors: Sophie Okonedo, Shondrella Avery, Hilarie Burton, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson, Nate Parker, Tristan Wilds, Renee Clark, Paul Bettany, Dakota Fanning, Alicia Keys

Audio Languages: English, Italian, German

Duration: 110 minutes

Number of Discs: 1

Subtitle Languages: English, Danish, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish

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