Secrets & Lies

7.6 1996 Mike Leigh 2h 22m
Drama
Secrets & Lies

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.

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

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Double Feature Pairings

Films that pair perfectly with Secrets & Lies

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