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Secrets & Lies (1996)

Secrets & Lies

Subtitles for: Secrets & Lies (1996)

"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."

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.

Rate★ 7.6/10 (734 votes)
GenreDrama
Duration2h 22m
CountryUnited Kingdom, France
Release24 May 1996
LanguageEN
DirectorMike Leigh
Keywordslondon, englandparent child relationshipadoptionsocially deprived familyreunioncandidloving
IMDbtt0117589 ↗
TypeMovie Released

Cast

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Brenda BlethynCynthia Rose Purley
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Marianne Jean-BaptisteHortense Cumberbatch
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Timothy SpallMaurice Purley
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Phyllis LoganMonica Purley
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Claire RushbrookRoxanne Purley
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Lee RossPaul
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Lesley ManvilleThe Social Worker
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Elizabeth BerringtonJane
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Michele AustinDionne
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Ron CookStuart
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