Starring:
Richard Gere
Juliette Binoche
Flora Cross
Max Minghella
Kate Bosworth
I feel I have to dedicate this movie to my mother in some way. There was something relating to me and my mother, so it was very personal and
I felt I had to be in it."
Bee Season Electronic Press Kit - NoV '05
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Eliza Naumann (Flora Cross) can spell words, lots of words, with an effortlessness and understanding that surprises everyone around her, especially her family.
Bee Season, directed by David Siegel and Scott McGehee, is the kaleidoscopic portrait of a modern American family whose picture-perfect surface conceals an underlying world of secret turmoil and heartache.
As Eliza trains for the pressure-packed National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C, her family begins to fall apart. Her father Saul (Richard Gere), a religious studies professor, sees something transcendent in Eliza’s magical gift, and begins to teach her the secrets of Kabbalah.
Her mother Miriam (Juliette Binoche) begins to unravel emotionally, finding Eliza and Saul’s shared focus a painful reminder of the loss of her own parents, who died when she was young. Eliza’s older brother Aaron (Max Minghella), once his father’s favourite, rebels, making a connection with a beautiful Hare Krishna (Kate Bosworth).
As her family disintegrates before her young eyes, it’s up to Eliza to put the broken pieces of their world back together again through an unexpected act of love.
Bee Season is based on the celebrated novel by Myla Goldberg.
Saul
Miriam
Eliza
Aaron
Chali
National Spelling Bee Pronouncer
National Spelling Bee Judge
Ms. Bergermeyer
Dr. Morris
Ms. Rai
Mr. Julien
Wiseacre Boy’s Mate
Regional Bee Pronouncer
Regional Bee Judge
Young Miriam
Richard Gere
Juliette Binoche
Flora Cross
Max Minghella
Kate Bosworth
Corey Fischer
Sam Zuckerman
Joan Mankin
Piers Mackenzie
Lorri Holt
Brian Leonard
Jamal Thornes
Kathy McGraw
John Evans
Alisha Mullally
Directed by
Screenplay by
Based on the novel by
Produced by
Original music by
Cinematography by
Film editing by
Production design by
Art direction by
Scott McGehee
David Siegel
Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal
Myla Goldberg
Albert Berger
Ron Yerxa
Mark Romanek
Peggy Rajski
Arnon Milchan
Peter Nashel
Giles Nuttgens
Lauren Zuckerman
Kelly McGehee
Michael E. Goldman
Decors by
Costume design by
First assistant director
Sound by
Sound editing by
Stills photographer
Production companies
Kris Boxell
Mary Malin
Mike Topoozian
Stephen Balliet
Ben Barker
Phil Bray
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Regency Enterprises
Bee Season Productions Inc.
Bona Fide Productions
Fox Searchlab
i5 Films
a film by David Siegel & Scott McGehee
2005
International trailer
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German TV spot
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The Making of Bee Season
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Interview with Juliette Binoche
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"Prologue" by Peter Nashel
"Vessel of Light" by Peter Nashel
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