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Secrets & Lies

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.

  • Movie
  • 1996
  • R
  • 2h 22m

Directed by Mike Leigh

7.6

TMDB audience rating
7.6 out of 10 from 757 votes

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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 and crew

  • Brenda Blethyn

    Brenda BlethynCynthia Rose Purley

  • Marianne Jean-Baptiste

    Marianne Jean-BaptisteHortense Cumberbatch

  • Timothy Spall

    Timothy SpallMaurice Purley

  • Phyllis Logan

    Phyllis LoganMonica Purley

  • Claire Rushbrook

    Claire RushbrookRoxanne Purley

  • Lee Ross

    Lee RossPaul

  • Lesley Manville

    Lesley ManvilleThe Social Worker

  • Elizabeth Berrington

    Elizabeth BerringtonJane

  • Michele Austin

    Michele AustinDionne

  • Ron Cook

    Ron CookStuart

  • Trevor Laird

    Trevor LairdHortense's Brother

  • Brian Bovell

    Brian BovellHortense's Brother

  • Emma Amos

    Emma AmosGirl with Scar

  • Clare Perkins

    Clare PerkinsHortense's Sister in Law

  • Elias Perkins McCookHortense's Nephew

  • Jane MitchellSenior Optician (as June Mitchell)

  • Janice Acquah

    Janice AcquahJunior Optician

  • Keylee Jade FlandersGirl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)

Director
Mike Leigh
Writer
Mike Leigh
Music
Andrew Dickson
Cinematography
Dick Pope