Bee Season (2005)

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.6/10   

Directors:

Scott McGehee
David Siegel

Escritores (WGA):

Myla Goldberg (novel)
Naomi Foner (screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

17 noviembre 2005 (Australia)

Género:

Drama

Frase comercial:

Words may define us, but it's love that connects us.

Plot:

A wife and mother 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.

Plot Keywords:

Spelling | Spelling Bee | Secret | National Spelling Bee | Trophy

Premios:

1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Austin Movie Show review -- transcendent

Reparto

Richard Gere	...	Saul
Juliette Binoche	...	Miriam
Flora Cross	...	Eliza
Max Minghella	...	Aaron
Kate Bosworth	...	Chali
Corey Fischer	...	National Spelling Bee Pronouncer
Sam Zuckerman	...	National Spelling Bee Judge
Joan Mankin	...	Ms. Bergermeyer
Piers Mackenzie	...	Dr. Morris
Lorri Holt	...	Ms. Rai
Brian Leonard	...	Mr. Julien
Jamal Thornes	...	Wiseacre Boy's Mate
Kathy McGraw	...	Regional Bee Pronouncer
John Evans	...	Regional Bee Judge
Alisha Mullally	...	Young Miriam

También conocida como:

La huella del silencio (Spain) (Spain: Castilian title) [es]
Palabras mágicas (Argentina) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, a scene of sensuality and brief strong language.

Duración:

104 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Hebreo

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Clasificación:

Netherlands:AL | Mexico:B | Singapore:NC-16 | Brazil:12 | Argentina:13 | France:U | Sweden:Btl | Australia:M | Finland:K-7 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #40910) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Iceland:LH (video rating) | South Korea:12 | UK:12A

Locaciones de Filmación:

1075 Mariposa Avenue, Berkeley, California, USA

Compañía:

Bee Season Productions Inc.

Trivialidades:

Jonathan Murphy auditioned for the part of Aaron Naumann.

Errores:

Continuidad: The wind changes directions almost 180° when Chali first meets Aaron at the park. Shots from over her shoulder have her hair blowing back, away from her neck while the shots facing her have the wind blowing her hair forward across her neck/chin.

Citas:

Saul: There are people who believe that letters are an expression of a very special primal energy and when they combine to make words they hold all the secrets of the universe...
Saul: Remember the Vikings?
Saul: [Takes a green apple] Ok, Vikings called this "aepli".
Saul: Now when they took it across the sea in their ships it became "apfel".
Saul: Crossed another border, it became "appel".
Saul: By the time it got to us it was "apple".
Saul: Its spelling contains all of that.
Saul: It holds its history inside it.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee: (2005-11-14)" (2005)

Banda de Sonido:

Violin Concerto in E Major BWV 1042

Austin Movie Show review -- transcendent

Imagine growing up in a family of academics, musicians, and Jewish mystics. When 12-year-old Eliza (Flora Cross) wins both the district and regional spelling bees, her father, Saul (Richard GereJewish mysticism, begins to tutor her daily. Not only is he preparing her for the state spelling bee competition, but Saul is also training his daughter to be the mystic he wasn't able to become. Bee Season is not only a movie about meditation, but it is also itself a meditation. This family is consumed with finding God, but they all look outside of the family to find it, and in the process, the family falls apart. Eliza's older brother Aaron (Max Minghella) is so jealous that his sister is getting all of the family's attention that he goes off and joins a Buddhist cult, and everyone in the family is so focused on their own problems that no one notices the mother (Juliette Binoche) going slowly insane! Bee Season is transcendent and thought-provoking, and it even makes me want to go out and look for God.