Secrets & Lies

Secrets & Lies 1996

★ 7.6TMDB 2h 22min Director: Mike Leigh

Drama

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.

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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
Lesley Manville
Lesley Manville The Social Worker
Elizabeth Berrington
Elizabeth Berrington Jane
Michele Austin
Michele Austin Dionne
Ron Cook
Ron Cook Stuart
Trevor Laird
Trevor Laird Hortense's Brother
Brian Bovell
Brian Bovell Hortense's Brother
Emma Amos
Emma Amos Girl with Scar
Clare Perkins
Clare Perkins Hortense's Sister in Law
E
Elias Perkins McCook Hortense's Nephew
J
Jane Mitchell Senior Optician (as June Mitchell)
Janice Acquah
Janice Acquah Junior Optician
K
Keylee Jade Flanders Girl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)

Crew

Director
Mike Leigh
Writers
Mike Leigh
Producers
Simon Channing Williams
Cinematography
Dick Pope
Editing
Jon Gregory
Composer
Andrew Dickson
Production Design
Alison Chitty
Costume Design
Maria Price

Details

Release date
May 24, 1996
Runtime
142 min
Status
Released
Budget
$4,500,000
Revenue
$13,417,292
Studios
CiBy 2000, Thin Man Films, Channel Four Films
Country
United Kingdom, France
Language
Greek, English

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