Bee Season
11-year-old Eliza may be your element of her family unit: her parents are both consumed with work and her brother has been wrapped up within their adolescent life. When she wins a parasitic, eliza ignites maybe perhaps not a spark that creates her observable but sets into motion a revolution within her family dynamic. Finding an emotional outlet in the strength of words and in the mysticism that he sees in the office in her gift, Eliza's father pours all his energy to helping his daughter. A religious studies professor, he sees that the opportunity rather than a distraction from his life but as a remedy to their own crisis of faith. His vicarious road to God, real or imagined, leads to a obsession with the victory of Eliza and he begins teaching her secrets from the Kabbalah. As a fresh secret of her family chaos seems to be shown with each new word she spells get yourself ready for the National Spelling Bee, Eliza looks about.
Released: 2005-09-03