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.
- Released
- Runtime 2h 22m
- Director Mike Leigh
- Genres Drama
- Rating 7.6/10 (752 votes)
Synopsis
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
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Brenda Blethyn
as Cynthia Rose Purley
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Marianne Jean-Baptiste
as Hortense Cumberbatch
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Timothy Spall
as Maurice Purley
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Phyllis Logan
as Monica Purley
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Claire Rushbrook
as Roxanne Purley
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Lee Ross
as Paul
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Lesley Manville
as The Social Worker
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Elizabeth Berrington
as Jane
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Michele Austin
as Dionne
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Ron Cook
as Stuart
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Trevor Laird
as Hortense's Brother
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Brian Bovell
as Hortense's Brother
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Emma Amos
as Girl with Scar
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Clare Perkins
as Hortense's Sister in Law
- Elias Perkins McCook as Hortense's Nephew
- Jane Mitchell as Senior Optician (as June Mitchell)
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Janice Acquah
as Junior Optician
- Keylee Jade Flanders as Girl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)
Crew
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Mike Leigh
Director
- Dick Pope Director of Photography
- Jon Gregory Editor
- Andrew Dickson Original Music Composer
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Simon Channing Williams
Producer
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Mike Leigh
Writer
