The Secret Life of Bees is a 2008 American drama film adapted from the 2001 novel of the same name by Sue Monk Kidd.

To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father T-Ray, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past.

A teen runs away to unlock the secret of her mother's past.

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Haunted by her mother's death, 14-year-old Lily escapes her dreary life on her father's farm and heads to Tiburon, S.C. Watch trailers & learn more.

In the summer of 1964, a 14-year-old white girl escapes her abusive father and finds refuge with an eccentric African-American beekeeper and her two sisters who help her solve a mystery …

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To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past.

There, Lily meets the Boatwright sisters (Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys, Sophie Okonedo), who take her in and teach her about beekeeping, honey, and the Black Madonna. Lily also discovers …

A teen runs away to unlock the secret of her mother's past.