Secrets & Lies (1996)

  • R
  • 09/27/1996 (US)
  • Drama
  • 2h 22m

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.

Mike Leigh

Writer, Director

Cast

Brenda Blethyn's headshot

Brenda Blethyn

Cynthia Rose Purley
Marianne Jean-Baptiste's headshot

Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Hortense Cumberbatch
Timothy Spall's headshot

Timothy Spall

Maurice Purley
Phyllis Logan's headshot

Phyllis Logan

Monica Purley
Claire Rushbrook's headshot

Claire Rushbrook

Roxanne Purley
Lee Ross's headshot

Lee Ross

Paul
Lesley Manville's headshot

Lesley Manville

The Social Worker
Elizabeth Berrington's headshot

Elizabeth Berrington

Jane

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