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Les Mots d'Akeelah

Akeelah and the Bee

Date de Sortie: vendredi 28 avril 2006
Genre: Drame

Réalisateur: Doug Atchison
Producteur: Daniel Llewelyn, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Romersa, Nancy Hult Ganis, Sid Ganis
Scénario: Doug Atchison
Studio: Maple Pictures
Durée: 112 min.

Résumé:

Akeelah Anderson (Keke Palmer) is a precocious eleven-year-old girl from south Los Angeles with a gift for words. Despite the objections of her mother Tanya (Angela Bassett), Akeelah enters various spelling contests, for which she is tutored by the forthright Dr. Larabee (Laurence Fishburne); her principal Mr. Welch (Curtis Armstrong) and the proud residents of her neighborhood. Akeelah's aptitude earns her an opportunity to compete for a spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee and in turn unites her neighborhood who witness the courage and inspiration of one amazing little girl.