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Release Date:
17 October 2008 (USA) moreTagline:
Bring Your Girlfriends, Sisters, Mothers and DaughtersPlot:
set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother... more | full synopsisAwards:
11 wins & 14 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(78 articles)
Common added to Just Wright with Queen Latifah (From Scorecard Review. 20 June 2009, 10:23 AM, PDT)
Dakota Fanning & Kristin Stewart To Star In ‘Runaways’
(From Screen Rant. 6 March 2009, 4:10 PM, PST)
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wonderful movie moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Dakota Fanning | ... | Lily Owens | |
| Queen Latifah | ... | August Boatwright | |
| Jennifer Hudson | ... | Rosaleen Daise | |
| Alicia Keys | ... | June Boatwright | |
| Sophie Okonedo | ... | May Boatwright | |
| Paul Bettany | ... | T. Ray Owens | |
| Hilarie Burton | ... | Deborah Owens | |
| Tristan Wilds | ... | Zach Taylor | |
| Nate Parker | ... | Neil | |
| Shondrella Avery | ... | Greta | |
| Renée Clark | ... | Doll | |
| Sharon Morris | ... | Violet | |
| Nicky Buggs | ... | Cressie | |
| Jasmine Burke | ... | Sugar Girl | |
| Emma Sage Bowman | ... | Young Lily #1 |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
A Vida Secreta das Abelhas (Brazil) [pt]Bienes hemmelige liv (Norway) [no]
Biernes hemmelige liv (Denmark) [da]
Die Bienenhüterin (Germany) [de]
La vita segreta delle api (Italy) [it]
Le secret de Lily Owens (France) [fr]
Mystiki zoi ton melisson, I (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
Sabor a miel (Argentina) [es]
Sekretne zycie pszczol (Poland) [pl]
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Rated PG-13 for thematic material and some violence.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
USA:114 min (director's cut) | Canada:110 min (Toronto International Film Festival)Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
ColorAspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
USA:PG-13 (certificate #44411) | Ireland:15A | UK:12A | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:G (Québec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Australia:M | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | New Zealand:M | Norway:11 | Argentina:13 | Mexico:B | Finland:K-11Filming Locations:
North Carolina, USAFun Stuff
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Lily and Rosaleen are drinking their Cokes on the grass outside the Boatwright house, you see Rosaleen drink the last of the soda, but you can clearly hear the liquid flowing back into the bottle. moreQuotes:
Lily Owens: If your favorite color is blue, why did you paint the house pink?August Boatwright: [chuckles] That was May's doing. When we went to the paint shop, she latched on to a color called, "Caribbean Pink." She said it made her feel like dancing a Spanish Flamenco. I personally thought it was the tackiest color I had ever seen, but I figured if it could lift May's heart, it was good enough to live in.
Lily Owens: That was awfully nice of you.
August Boatwright: Well, I don't know. Some things in life, like the color of a house, don't really matter. But lifting someone's heart? Now, that matters.
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Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Anne Hathaway/The Killers (#34.4)" (2008) moreSoundtrack:
The Honey Song moreFAQ
Aren't the Bee sisters in their 60's?Is "The Secret Life of Bees" based on a novel?
Why are there two young Lilys?
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I'm not sure why this film got such a bad rating....it's truly one of the nicest films I've seen in a long time! I brought my daughter to see the movie today -- we both had tears in our eyes throughout the movie. The acting was superb, as was the casting. Normally I like to read the book before seeing a movie, as usually the book is so much better. I am glad that my daughter talked me into going to this movie. I think cinematically, it was one of the prettiest movies I've seen in awhile. You are taken from laughing one moment to feeling as though your heart is being tugged out of your body in the next moment. I will definitely be recommending this film to my friends!