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Secrets & Lies

1996•2h 22m•★ 7.6•Released

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.

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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.

Movie details

Release date: 1996
Runtime: 2h 22m
Genres: Drama
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Country: United Kingdom, France
Director: Mike Leigh
Production: CiBy 2000, Thin Man Films, Channel Four Films
Budget: $4,500,000
Revenue: $13,417,292

Cast

Portrait of Brenda Blethyn

Brenda Blethyn

Cynthia Rose Purley

Portrait of Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Hortense Cumberbatch

Portrait of Timothy Spall

Timothy Spall

Maurice Purley

Portrait of Phyllis Logan

Phyllis Logan

Monica Purley

Portrait of Claire Rushbrook

Claire Rushbrook

Roxanne Purley

Portrait of Lee Ross

Lee Ross

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Mike Leigh on the Making of Secrets & Lies•FeaturetteOfficial

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