Drama · United Kingdom · 1996 · 2h 22m

Secrets & Lies

Secrets & Lies poster
Director
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
Crew
Dick Pope — Director of Photography Jon Gregory — Editor Andrew Dickson — Original Music Composer Mike Leigh — Writer Simon Channing Williams — Producer Alison Chitty — Production Design
Tagline

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.

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Secrets & Lies — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
london, englandparent child relationshipadoptionsocially deprived familyreunioncandidloving
Key Collaborators
Mike Leigh Director Dick Pope Director of Photography Jon Gregory Editor Andrew Dickson Original Music Composer Mike Leigh Writer Simon Channing Williams Producer Alison Chitty Production Design Maria Price Costume Design
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