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Secrets & Lies

1996 · 2h 22m · Drama

TMDB 7.6/10 (746 votes)

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

Box office $13M worldwide

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Cast & crew

Mike LeighDirector

Brenda Blethynas Cynthia Rose Purley

Marianne Jean-Baptisteas Hortense Cumberbatch

Timothy Spallas Maurice Purley

Phyllis Loganas Monica Purley

Claire Rushbrookas Roxanne Purley

Lee Rossas Paul

Lesley Manvilleas The Social Worker

Elizabeth Berringtonas Jane

Michele Austinas Dionne

Ron Cookas Stuart

Trevor Lairdas Hortense's Brother

Brian Bovellas Hortense's Brother

Emma Amosas Girl with Scar

Clare Perkinsas Hortense's Sister in Law

Cast & crew political lean — 1 of 15 researched: 0 left · 0 center · 0 right · 1 no public record. Based only on cited public statements, endorsements, and documented donations.

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Overview

Secrets & Lies is a 1996 comedy-drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh. Led by an ensemble cast consisting of many Leigh regulars, it focuses on a dysfunctional family whose relations are thrown into further chaos after Cynthia is contacted by her adult daughter Hortense, who was put up for adoption at birth and wishes to connect with her birth mother. Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, and Claire Rushbrook co-star as other members of the family.

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