CinemaOSMovie · 1996 · 2h 22m · R
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.

76%(757)IMDbDrama

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.

Directed byMike Leigh

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 22m
Language
EN
Released
May 24, 1996
Budget
$4,500,000
Revenue
$13,417,292
Studios
CiBy 2000Thin Man FilmsChannel Four Films

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5 videos
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Trailer

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TV Promo - The Show Case Review

TV Promo - The Show Case Review

US TV Spot

US TV Spot

Trailer

Trailer

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
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

Creative team
Directed by
Mike Leigh
Mike Leigh
Written by
Mike Leigh
Mike Leigh
Produced by
Simon Channing Williams
Simon Channing Williams

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