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Bee Season (2005)
Bee Season (2005)
Release Date:
11/11/2005
Rating:
PG-13
Runtime:
1 hr 44 mins
Genre:
Drama
Director:
Scott McGehee
Cast:
Richard Gere
,
Juliette Binoche
,
Flora Cross
,
Max Minghella
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Adapted from the novel by Myla Goldberg, Bee Season tells the story of a family whose turmoil is brought to the surface by a young girl's unexpected talent. Eleven-year-old Eliza (Flora Cross) is the invisible element of her family unit -- her mother and father (played by Juliette Binoche and Richard Gere) are both consumed with work and busy avoiding their faltering marriage. Her brother, praised for musical genius, is wrapped up in his own adolescent life. Eliza ignites not only a spark that makes her visible but one that sets into motion a revolution in her family dynamic when she wins a spelling bee. Finding an emotional outlet in the power of words and in the spiritual mysticism that he sees at work in her unparalleled gift, Eliza's father pours all of his energy into helping his daughter become spelling bee champion, further distancing himself from his wife and son. A religious studies professor, he sees the opportunity as not only a distraction from his life but as an answer to his own crisis of faith. His vicarious path to God, real or imagined, leads to an obsession with Eliza's success and he begins teaching her secrets of the Kabbalah. Now preparing for the National Spelling Bee, and with her family spreading further and further into four separate directions, Eliza looks on as a new secret of her family's hidden turmoil seems to be revealed with each new word she spells.
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Family dysfunctions, spellings bees, spiritual enlightenment--
Bee Season
definitely has an odd lot of things going on. But this family drama somehow draws you into its weird little realm and holds you there. Starring Richard Gere Juliette Binoche
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Richard Gere
Juliette Binoche
Flora Cross
Max Minghella
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