

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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- Language
- English
- based on novel or book
- scotland
- lesbian relationship
- working class
- lgbt
- woman director
- 1950s
- failed marriage
- beekeeper
- lesbian
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)NR3 May 2019
- Digital / OTT3 May 2019
United KingdomGB
- PremiereGlasgow Film Fest22 Feb 2019
- Theatrical1519 Jul 2019
AustraliaAU
- Digital / OTTMA15+1 Sept 2020
CanadaCA
- Premiere18AToronto International Film Festival9 Sept 2018
AndorraAD
- Theatrical21 Jun 2019
AustriaAT
- Digital / OTT126 Sept 2019
BrazilBR
- Theatrical21 Jan 2021
GermanyDE
- Theatrical125 Sept 2019
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1619 Jul 2019
New ZealandNZ
- Digital / OTTM1 Aug 2020
South KoreaKR
- Theatrical15세 이상 관람가31 Oct 2019
SpainES
- PremiereBarcelona Sant Jordi International Film Festival26 Apr 2019
- Theatrical21 Jun 2019
- Digital / OTT1216 Oct 2019
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Tell It to the Bees was released on 3 May 2019.
Audience reviews
1- B3/10
beyondthecineramadome
6/20/2022
Full review: <a>https://www.tinakakadelis.com/beyond-the-cinerama-dome/2021/12/28/kept-you-like-a-secret-tell-it-to-the-bees-review<a> 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 (Holl…
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