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Secrets & Lies

Mike Leigh

1996 • 2h 22m

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.

Secrets & Lies

Trailer

Cast

Brenda Blethyn

Brenda BlethynCynthia Rose Purley

Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Marianne Jean-BaptisteHortense Cumberbatch

Timothy Spall

Timothy SpallMaurice Purley

Phyllis Logan

Phyllis LoganMonica Purley

Claire Rushbrook

Claire RushbrookRoxanne Purley

Lee Ross

Lesley Manville

Lesley ManvilleThe Social Worker

Elizabeth Berrington

Elizabeth BerringtonJane

Michele Austin

Michele AustinDionne

Ron Cook

Trevor Laird

Trevor LairdHortense's Brother

Brian Bovell

Brian BovellHortense's Brother

Emma Amos

Emma AmosGirl with Scar

Clare Perkins

Clare PerkinsHortense's Sister in Law

Elias Perkins McCookHortense's Nephew

Crew

Simon Channing Williams

Simon Channing WilliamsProducer

Mike Leigh

Mike LeighWriter

Alison Chitty

Alison ChittyProduction Design

Eve Stewart

Eve StewartArt Direction

Georgina Lowe

Georgina LoweProduction Supervisor

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