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Drama
2h 22m

Secrets & Lies (1996)

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.
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Mike Leigh profile
Mike Leigh

Director

Cast

Brenda Blethyn profile
Brenda Blethyn

Cynthia Rose Purley

Marianne Jean-Baptiste profile
Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Hortense Cumberbatch

Timothy Spall profile
Timothy Spall

Maurice Purley

Phyllis Logan profile
Phyllis Logan

Monica Purley

Claire Rushbrook profile
Claire Rushbrook

Roxanne Purley

Lee Ross profile
Lee Ross

Paul

Lesley Manville profile
Lesley Manville

The Social Worker

Elizabeth Berrington profile
Elizabeth Berrington

Jane

Michele Austin profile
Michele Austin

Dionne

Ron Cook profile
Ron Cook

Stuart

Trevor Laird profile
Trevor Laird

Hortense's Brother

Brian Bovell profile
Brian Bovell

Hortense's Brother

Brenda Blethyn profile
Brenda Blethyn

Cynthia Rose Purley

Marianne Jean-Baptiste profile
Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Hortense Cumberbatch

Timothy Spall profile
Timothy Spall

Maurice Purley

Phyllis Logan profile
Phyllis Logan

Monica Purley

Claire Rushbrook profile
Claire Rushbrook

Roxanne Purley

Lee Ross profile
Lee Ross

Paul

Lesley Manville profile
Lesley Manville

The Social Worker

Elizabeth Berrington profile
Elizabeth Berrington

Jane

Michele Austin profile
Michele Austin

Dionne

Ron Cook profile
Ron Cook

Stuart

Trevor Laird profile
Trevor Laird

Hortense's Brother

Brian Bovell profile
Brian Bovell

Hortense's Brother

Extra

Release Date

May 24, 1996

Original Language

English, Greek

Budget

$4,500,000.00

Production Company

CiBy 2000 logoThin Man Films logoChannel Four Films logo

Available On

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Videos

Channel 4 Promo thumbnail
Channel 4 Promo
Mike Leigh on the Making of Secrets & Lies thumbnail
Mike Leigh on the Making of Secrets & Lies
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Official Trailer
United States TV Spot thumbnail
United States TV Spot
Director's Cut: Mike Leigh on Secrets and Lies - Film 2011 With Claudia Winkleman - BBC thumbnail
Director's Cut: Mike Leigh on Secrets and Lies - Film 2011 With Claudia Winkleman - BBC

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