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Secrets & Lies

1996•2h 22m•7.6/10
  • 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.”

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.

Top 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

Details

Director
Mike Leigh
Budget
$4,500,000
Revenue
$13,417,292
Country
United Kingdom, France
Language
Greek, English
Status
Released

Where to Watch

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