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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Its restrained, period-set romance similarly builds intimacy through glances, domestic closeness, and the pressure of a society that gives the women little room to live openly.
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Why this pick
Another exquisitely observed 1950s romance where tenderness develops under watchful social constraints; its quiet longing and period detail should suit the emotional register of Tell It to the Bees.
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Why this pick
For the same sense of a love affair becoming both refuge and danger: it treats its central relationship with emotional seriousness while surrounding it with an increasingly oppressive world.
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Why this pick
A deeply felt, unhurried drama about two women finding solace and desire within restrictive domestic expectations, emphasizing emotional awakening rather than sensationalism.
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01 / THE STORY
With her failing marriage and young son, Lydia (Grainger) starts to bond with the towns new doctor Jean (Paquin), who bonds with Lydia's son after he takes an interest in her bee colonies. However, in 1950s rural Scotland, the women's relationship raises questions after the mother and son start to live with her after they get evicted.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Robert Weekes
Irene
Pam Cranmer
Lydia Weekes
Jean Markham
