Secrets & Lies

Release Date:
Oct 25, 1996
MPAA Rating:
R
Running Time:
2:22
Genre:
Drama
Director:
Mike Leigh
Cast:
Timothy Spall Maurice Purley
Brenda Blethyn Cynthia Rose Purley
Phyllis Logan Monica Purley
Marianne Jean-Baptiste Hortense Cumberbatch
Claire Rushbrook Roxanne Purley
Ron Cook Stuart
Lesley Manville Social Worker
Elizabeth Berrington Jane
Michele Austin Dionne
Lee Ross Paul
Emma Amos Girl with Scar
Hannah Davis First Bride
Peter Wight Father in Family Group
Gary McDonald Boxer
Alison Steadman Dog Owner
Liz Smith Cat Owner
Sheila Kelley Fertile Mother
Angela Curran Little Boy's Mother
Linda Beckett Pin-Up Housewife
Philip Davis Man in Suit
Wendy Nottingham Glum Wife
Anthony O'Donnell Uneasy Man
Ruth Sheen Laughing Woman
Mia Soteriou Fiancée
Producers:
Simon Channing-Williams
Writers:
Mike Leigh
Language:
English

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Secrets & Lies

After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black eye doctor, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to a lower-class white woman, Cynthia . At first Cynthia denies the claim, but she eventually admits to birthing Hortense as a teenager, and the two begin to bond. However, when Cynthia invites Hortense to a family barbecue, Cynthia's already tense relationship with her family becomes even more complicated.

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