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Secrets & Lies

“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.”

7.6 / 10 (755 votes)

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.

Release Date May 24, 1996

Runtime 142 min

Genres Drama

Status Released

Budget $4,500,000

Box Office $13,417,292

Trailers & Videos

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Secrets & Lies Q&A | Mike Leigh in Conversation

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Channel 4 Promo

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Mike Leigh on the Making of Secrets & Lies

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TV Promo - The Show Case Review

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Director's Cut: Mike Leigh on Secrets and Lies - Film 2011 With Claudia Winkleman - BBC

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Main Title Sequence

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Photo Studio Scene

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Brenda Blethyn on Secrets & Lies

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Related Topics & Tags

#london, england #parent child relationship #adoption #socially deprived family #reunion #candid #loving

Top Billed Cast

Brenda Blethyn

Brenda Blethyn Cynthia Rose Purley

Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Marianne Jean-Baptiste Hortense Cumberbatch

Timothy Spall

Timothy Spall Maurice Purley

Phyllis Logan

Phyllis Logan Monica Purley

Claire Rushbrook

Claire Rushbrook Roxanne Purley

Lee Ross

Lee Ross Paul

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