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Bee Season is a film based on a novel by Myla Goldberg, starring Richard Gere and Juliette Binoche. It follows a Jewish family's spiritual quests and conflicts, centered on a girl's spelling talent and a Kabbalistic professor's obsession.
A film adaptation of Myla Goldberg's novel, Bee Season follows the Naumann family, a Jewish couple and their two children, as they deal with personal and spiritual crises. The film focuses on Eliza, a spelling prodigy who competes in national bees, and her father Saul, a professor who sees words as the key to the universe.
- (7.3K)
- Drama, Family
- Scott McGehee, David Siegel
- 2005-11-23
Bee Season is a 2000 novel by Myla Goldberg about a girl who competes in the national spelling bee and the impact on her family. The novel explores themes of religion, identity, and mental illness, and was adapted into a film in 2005.
- Myla Goldberg
- 2000
Bee Season is a drama about a family of overachievers and their daughter's spelling bee victory. The film has mixed reviews from critics and audiences, and explores themes of religion, identity and family dynamics.
- (108)
- Scott Mcgehee, David Siegel
- PG-13
Nov 10, 2005 · A 12-year-old girl with a mystical gift for spelling wins a national competition in this movie based on a novel by Myla Goldberg. Roger Ebert praises the performance of Flora Cross as Eliza, who challenges the authority of her Kabbalah-teaching father and her Hare Krishna brother.
Nov 11, 2005 · Watch Richard Gere as a father who trains his daughter for the National Spelling Bee in this 2005 drama. See the trailer, cast, reviews and where to buy or stream the movie online.
Sep 3, 2005 · Wife and mother Miriam begins a downward emotional spiral as her husband avoids their collapsing marriage by immersing himself in his 11-year-old daughter's quest to become a spelling-bee champion.
