 Bee Season
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Richard Gere, Max Minghella, Kate Bosworth, Flora Cross
Directed by: David Siegel
Screenplay by: Naomi Foner
Release Date: November 11, 2005
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic elements, a scene of sensuality and strong language.
Studio: Fox Searchlight
 Domestic: $1,180,560 (17.2%)
Foreign: $5,676,429 (82.8%)
Total: $6,856,989 (Worldwide)
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 Tagline: Words may define us, but it's love that connects us.
A father escapes the dysfunction of his family by fixating on the spelling bee prowess of his young daughter, but in the process he barely notices that his wife has come unhinged or that his teenage son is about to be lured into a cult by his new girlfriend.
Eliza Naumann (Flora Cross) has no reason to believe she is anything but ordinary. Her father Saul (Richard Gere), a beloved university professor, dotes on her talented elder brother Aaron (Max Minghella). Her scientist mother, Miriam (Juliette Binoche), seems consumed by her career. When a spelling bee threatens to reaffirm her mediocrity, Eliza amazes everyone: she wins.
Her newfound gift garners an invitation not only to the national competition, but an entrée into the world of words and Jewish mysticism that have so long captivated her father's imagination.
But Eliza's unexpected success hurls the Naumann family dynamic into a tailspin, long-held secrets emerge and she is forced to depend upon her own divination to hold the family together.
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