Secrets & Lies

Secrets & Lies

Drama · 1996 · 2h 22m

Movie

7.6/10 · TMDB

Roxanne drives her mother crazy. Maurice never speaks to his niece. Cynthia has a shock for her family. Monica can't talk to her husband. Hortense has never met her mother.

Overview

After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman.

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Cast & crew

Brenda BlethynCynthia Rose Purley
Marianne Jean-BaptisteHortense Cumberbatch
Timothy SpallMaurice Purley
Phyllis LoganMonica Purley
Claire RushbrookRoxanne Purley
Lee RossPaul
Lesley ManvilleThe Social Worker
Elizabeth BerringtonJane
Michele AustinDionne
Ron CookStuart
Trevor LairdHortense's Brother
Brian BovellHortense's Brother
Emma AmosGirl with Scar
Clare PerkinsHortense's Sister in Law
Elias Perkins McCookHortense's Nephew

Information

Release date
24 May 1996
Director
Mike Leigh
Genres
Drama
Runtime
2h 22m
Country of origin
United Kingdom

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