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Tell it to the Bees - a Film Review

Holliday Grainger en Anna Paquin  ‘This town is too small for secrets’ This is not so much a love story about a "forbidden" love, but it is also about a child who slowly discovers how things work in the adult world. This film has a slow start (after about 30 minutes the pace picks up), but my patience is well rewarded at the end. An ending that raises some questions. Yet I didn't feel it had a very strange ending. Only after talking to someone about it for half an hour did I find out why the ending felt good to me. So does the aforementioned quote get a completely different meaning in the end. I think the filmmakers intended to make a film that makes you think. Gregor Selkirk The acting is very good. Especially Gregor Selkirk, who plays the son, is excellent. I have seen few young actors acting so convincingly and realistically. Anna Paquin I had to get used to Anna Paquin, who plays Dr. Jean Markham, because she reminded me a bit of BBC Kate