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Secrets & Lies(1996)

1505/24/1996 (GB)Drama2h 22m
76%

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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.

Mike Leigh

Director

Production Companies

Movie Cast

Brenda Blethyn photo

Brenda Blethyn

Cynthia Rose Purley

Marianne Jean-Baptiste photo

Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Hortense Cumberbatch

Timothy Spall photo

Timothy Spall

Maurice Purley

Phyllis Logan photo

Phyllis Logan

Monica Purley

Claire Rushbrook photo

Claire Rushbrook

Roxanne Purley

Lee Ross photo

Lee Ross

Paul

Lesley Manville photo

Lesley Manville

The Social Worker

Elizabeth Berrington photo

Elizabeth Berrington

Jane

Michele Austin photo

Michele Austin

Dionne

Ron Cook photo

Ron Cook

Stuart

Trevor Laird photo

Trevor Laird

Hortense's Brother

Movie Stats

StatusReleased

Budget$4,500,000.00

Revenue$13,417,292.00

Production CompanyThin Man Films

Original LanguageEnglish

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