TELL IT TO THE BEES

By Annabel JANKEL

FILMRISE - as DISTR TV, VOD, USA

LGBT - Completed 2018

In 1950s small town Britain, a doctor develops a relationship with her young patient's mother.

Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2018
    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • LGBT, Romance, Drama
    • Countries
    • UNITED KINGDOM
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 106 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Annabel JANKEL
    • Writer(s)
    • Henrietta ASHWORTH , Jessica ASHWORTH , Fiona SHAW
    • Producer(s)
    • Daisy ALLSOP, Nik BOWER , Nick HILL, Laure VAYSSE
    • Synopsis
    • A single mother Lydia (Holliday Grainger) who is abandoned by her husband, meets the small village's Doctor Jean Markham (Anna Paquin) who has recently returned to her hometown when Lydia's son Charlie is taken to the doctor after being bullied in school. When Lydia and Charlie are evicted because of Lydia's earnings from her work are not adequate to pay the rent, Jean invites them to stay in her home and she and Lydia soon develop a friendship and something more.