SS Film Festival presents “20,000 Species of Bees,” award winning film from Spain.
What if your child is not the child you think you know?
Over the course of an idyllic summer vacation in the beautiful Basque countryside, a sculptor grapples with her identity as an artist in this intimate and understated Spanish film, as she gradually becomes aware that her youngest child is also in emotional turmoil.
Eight-year-old Aitor initially insists on using the gender-neutral name Cocó after it becomes clear that being referred to as male elicits distress. Growing more withdrawn, the child’s only respite lies among the family’s beehives, where Cocó slowly begins to confide in family and friends.
This unforgettable, heart-wrenching story of transition, familial love and acceptance has won multiple awards at film festivals around the world.
Newcomer Sofía Otero, the youngest-ever winner of the Berlinale Silver Bear for Best Actor, leads an ensemble of astonishingly believable performances in Basque director Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren’s surprisingly assured début feature.
