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Tell It to the Bees

Synopsis

Gripped by a failing marriage and the responsibilities of having a young son, Lydia finds solace in her growing bond with the town’s recently returned female doctor Jean. But this is the 1950s in a post-WWII rural Scotland, and the womens’ relationship prompts raised eyebrows in their provincial circles.
A heart-wrenching portrait of a love against all odds.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2018 - Special Presentations - World premiere

Details

Year
2018
Type of project
Features
Running time
106 mins
Director
Annabel Jankel
Producer
Daisy Allsop, Nick Hill, Annabel Jankel, Nik Bower, Laure Vaysse
Co-Producer
Sean Whelan, Tomas Eskilsson
Executive Producer
Deepak Nayar, Alison Owen, Ben Roberts, Lizzie Francke, Sunny Vohra, Ross McKenzie
Editor
Jon Harris, Maya Maffioli
Screenwriter
Henrietta Ashworth (adaptation), Jessica Ashworth (adaptation), Fiona Shaw (novel)
Director of Photography
Bartosz Nalazek
Production Designer
Andy Harris
Composer
Claire M. Singer
Principal cast
Anna Paquin, Holliday Grainger, Emun Elliot, Lauren Lyle, Kate Dickie

Genre

Woman Director Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Motion Picture Capital and the BFI in association with Creative Scotland present a Reliance Entertainment Productions 8 production in association with Taking A Line For A Walk, Archface Films, Riverstone Pictures and Cayenne Film Company, in association with Twickenham Studios, Film i Väst, Filmgate Films and Film Constellation

Motion Picture Capital

18 Soho Square
London
W1D 3QL

Riverstone Pictures

72 Wells Street
London
W1T 3QF

Sales Company

Film Constellation

2nd Floor
11 - 13 Charlotte Street
London
W1T 1RH

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