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Keeping the Bees

2019 · Movie · 93 min · ★ 5.2

Drama

A woman returns to her mountain hometown to care for her seriously ill mother and is asked to take over the family beehives. Putting city life on hold, she tries to relearn beekeeping with local help, but grief, inexperience, and a growing threat in the wild put both the hives and her safety at risk.

Also known as The Hive

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Details
Original title
Kovan
Years
2019
Release date
2019-09-23
Language
TR
Runtime
93 min
TMDB rating
5.2/10 (15 votes)
About

If you enjoy nature-focused dramas about grief, tradition, and finding purpose through hands-on work, this may click; Not for you if you want high-stakes twists, slick effects, or nonstop melodrama like Öteki Taraf.

Pros: beautiful mountain scenery; grounded beekeeping details; relatable family dynamics | Cons: weak scenario; subtitles can be fast; uneven effects

Themes

  • bee
  • beekeeper

Cast & crew

Directed by Eylem Kaftan