Secrets & Lies (1996)
25/10/2021 (GB)
Drama
2h 22m
- 76% (674 votes)
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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.
- Mike LeighDirector, Writer
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$4,500,000
Revenue
$13,417,292
Keywords
- london, england
- parent child relationship
- adoption
- socially deprived family
- reunion
- candid
- loving
Top Billed Cast
Brenda Blethyn
Cynthia Rose Purley
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Hortense Cumberbatch
Timothy Spall
Maurice Purley
Phyllis Logan
Monica Purley
Claire Rushbrook
Roxanne Purley
Lee Ross
Paul
Lesley Manville
The Social Worker
Elizabeth Berrington
Jane
Michele Austin
Dionne
Ron Cook
Stuart
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