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.

Movie · Drama · 2h 22m · Rated 7.6/10 on TMDB · Released May 24, 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.

Directed by Mike Leigh

Cast

• Brenda Blethyn as Cynthia Rose Purley
• Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Hortense Cumberbatch
• Timothy Spall as Maurice Purley
• Phyllis Logan as Monica Purley
• Claire Rushbrook as Roxanne Purley
• Lee Ross as Paul
• Lesley Manville as The Social Worker
• Elizabeth Berrington as Jane
• Michele Austin as Dionne
• Ron Cook as Stuart
• Trevor Laird as Hortense's Brother
• Brian Bovell as Hortense's Brother

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