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Runtime
142 minutes

Directed by
Mike Leigh

Written by

People Interested
3

People Finished
7

Release Status
Finished

Release Date
5/24/1996

Original Language
English

Origin Country

United Kingdom

France

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Secrets & Lies(1996)

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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8.00

51K Votes

Tmdb

7.60

697 Votes

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.

Cast

Brenda Blethyn

Cynthia Rose Purley

Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Hortense Cumberbatch

Timothy Spall

Maurice Purley

Phyllis Logan

Monica Purley

Claire Rushbrook

Roxanne Purley

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Secrets & Lies(1996)

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.

Imdb

8.00

51K Votes

Tmdb

7.60

697 Votes

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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.