Secrets & Lies

Secrets & Lies

1996
2h 22m
7.6

7.6/10

717 votes • View on IMDb
Drama

"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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Status: Released

Budget: $4,500,000

Revenue: $13,417,292

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
CiBy 2000 Channel Four Films Thin Man Films
Production Countries
United Kingdom France
Spoken Languages
English Greek

Keywords

london, england parent child relationship adoption socially deprived family reunion candid loving

Quick Facts

Release Date May 24, 1996
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0117589
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Cast

Brenda Blethyn
Brenda Blethyn

Cynthia Rose Purley

Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Hortense Cumberbatch

Timothy Spall
Timothy Spall

Maurice Purley

Phyllis Logan
Phyllis Logan

Monica Purley

Claire Rushbrook
Claire Rushbrook

Roxanne Purley

Lee Ross
Lee Ross

Paul

Lesley Manville
Lesley Manville

The Social Worker

Elizabeth Berrington
Elizabeth Berrington

Jane

Michele Austin
Michele Austin

Dionne

Ron Cook
Ron Cook

Stuart

Trevor Laird
Trevor Laird

Hortense's Brother

Brian Bovell
Brian Bovell

Hortense's Brother

Key Crew

Mike Leigh
Writer
Mike Leigh
Director
Simon Channing Williams
Producer