Secrets & Lies poster image
Secrets & Lies(1996)
• Drama • 2h 22m
7.6Play Video

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.

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.

Director
Mike Leigh
Budget
$4,500,000.00
Revenue
$13,417,292.00

Featured Cast (56)

Brenda Blethyn image
Brenda Blethyn
Cynthia Rose Purley
Marianne Jean-Baptiste image
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Hortense Cumberbatch
Timothy Spall image
Timothy Spall
Maurice Purley
Phyllis Logan image
Phyllis Logan
Monica Purley
Claire Rushbrook image
Claire Rushbrook
Roxanne Purley
Lee Ross image
Lee Ross
Paul
Lesley Manville image
Lesley Manville
The Social Worker
Elizabeth Berrington image
Elizabeth Berrington
Jane
Michele Austin image
Michele Austin
Dionne

Backgrounds (17)

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