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Releasing on May 24, 2024
- 2024
- Film Movement
- 2 h 8 m
- 2024
- Film Movement
- 2 h 8 m
Summary During a summer in a village house linked to beekeeping, an eight-year-old and her mother experience revelations that will change their lives forever.
Directed By: Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
Written By: Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
- 2024
- Film Movement
- 2 h 8 m
- 2024
- Film Movement
- 2 h 8 m
20,000 Species of Bees
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Summary During a summer in a village house linked to beekeeping, an eight-year-old and her mother experience revelations that will change their lives forever.
Directed By: Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
Written By: Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
86
100% Positive
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0% Mixed
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An engaging, authentic, moving film about the way society persists in seeing monsters where there are none.
Carried by impressively fluid, determinedly naturalistic filmmaking, with performances that never hit a false note, 20,000 Species of Bees (20.000 especies de abejas) marks an assured debut, slowly but surely hitting an emotional crescendo during its final minutes
Steering away from exaggerated drama and concentrating most of the scenes on the little girl and her mother Ane (emerging Spanish actress Patricia Lopez Arnalz), 20,000 Species of Bees (20.000 especies de abejas) opens audiences up to a new understanding of trans kids, especially the idea that it is not the child who needs to transition, it’s the family and society who need to change their perceptions.
Unassuming and meanderingly character-oriented, the film doesn’t assert itself as an issue drama — in large part because, as Solaguren presents her eight-year-old protagonist’s gradual steps toward self-realization, her film doesn’t see much of an issue to begin with.
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Production Company
Especies de Abejas,
Euskal Irrati Telebista (EiTB),
Gariza Films,
Inicia Films,
Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA),
Moonlight Cinema Barcelona,
Movistar+,
Radio Televisión Española (RTVE),
Sirimiri Films,
Televisió de Catalunya (TV3)
Release Date May 24, 2024
Duration 2 h 8 m
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Awards
Goya Awards
• 3 Wins & 15 Nominations
Gaudí Awards
• 3 Wins & 9 Nominations
Feroz Awards, ES
• 2 Wins & 7 Nominations
