Secrets & Lies

1996 Mike Leigh 2h 22m ★ 7.6
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

Vibes

Emotional Deeply Moving Hidden Gem

Double Feature Pairings

Films that pair perfectly with Secrets & Lies

Another Year
Another Year 2010
Mike Leigh's family secrets. Two films about the gap between what families say at dinner and what they actually feel.