Plot
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.
Cast
Anna Paquin
Jean Markham
Holliday Grainger
Lydia Weekes
Emun Elliott
Robert Weekes
Steven Robertson
Jim
Lauren Lyle
Annie Stock
Gregor Selkirk
Charlie Weekes
Kate Dickie
Pam Stock
Billy Boyd
Older Charlie (voice)
Euan Mason
John
Zara Howell
Chanting Girl 2
Violet Fluendy
Chanting Girl 3
Kaidon McGrath
Bully Boy
Crew
Nik Bower
Producer
Nick Hill
Producer
Annabel Jankel
Producer
Daisy Allsop
Producer
Annabel Jankel
Director
Jessica Ashworth
Screenplay
Henrietta Ashworth
Screenplay
Claire M Singer
Original Music Composer
Laure Vaysse
Producer
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