20,000 Species of Bees
2023 · Movie · 127 min · ★ 7.1 · 81% critics
During a summer visit with extended family, an eight-year-old begins to express her true gender more openly while the adults around her struggle to understand and support her. As the days pass, family relationships, expectations, and ideas about femininity are quietly tested in a tender, reflective drama.
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Details
- Original title
- 20.000 especies de abejas
- Years
- 2023
- Release date
- 2023-04-21
- Language
- Spanish
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Critic score
- 81/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (116 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a gentle, emotionally grounded family drama about identity and acceptance, with a patient pace; Not for you if you need lots of action, suspense, or a fast-moving story like The Realm.
Pros: sensitive identity journey; strong child performance; nuanced family dynamics | Cons: slow pacing; feels overlong; low on plot events
Themes
- transsexuality
- intimate
- intense
- powerful
Awards & recognition
- Silver Bear — Best Leading Performance · 2023
- Gaudí Award — Best Non-Catalan Language Film
- European Film Award — European Discovery of the Year · 2023 · nominated
Cast & crew
Sofía Otero
as Lucía
Patricia López Arnaiz
as Ane
Ane Gabarain
as Lourdes
Itziar Lazkano
as Lita
Martxelo Rubio
as Gorka
Sara Cózar
as Leire
Miguel Garcés
as Jon
- UH
Unax Hayden
as Eneko
- AG
Andere Garabieta
as Nerea
- JN
Julene Puente Nafarrate
as Niko
Directed by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren