Secrets & Lies

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.

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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  • Release Date: 1996-05-24
  • Runtime: 2h 22min
  • Director: Mike Leigh

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • Brenda Blethyn

      Cynthia Rose Purley

    • Marianne Jean-Baptiste

      Hortense Cumberbatch

    • Timothy Spall

      Maurice Purley

    • Phyllis Logan

      Monica Purley

    • Claire Rushbrook

      Roxanne Purley

    • Lee Ross

      Paul

    • Lesley Manville

      The Social Worker

    • Elizabeth Berrington

      Jane

    • Michele Austin

      Dionne

    • Ron Cook

      Stuart

    • Trevor Laird

      Hortense's Brother

    • Brian Bovell

      Hortense's Brother

    • Emma Amos

      Girl with Scar

    • Clare Perkins

      Hortense's Sister in Law

    • Elias Perkins McCook

      Hortense's Nephew

    • Jane Mitchell

      Senior Optician (as June Mitchell)

    • Janice Acquah

      Junior Optician

    • Keylee Jade Flanders

      Girl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)

    • Hannah Davis

      First Bride

    • Terence Harvey

      First Bride's Father

    • Kate O'Malley

      Second Bride

    • Joe Tucker

      Groom

    • Richard Syms

      Vicar

    • Grant Masters

      Best Man

    • Annie Hayes

      Mother in Family Group

    • Jean Ainslie

      Grandmother

    • Lucy Sheen

      Nurse

    • Frances Ruffelle

      Young Mother

    • Nitin Ganatra

      Potential Suitor

    • Metin Marlow

      Conjuror

    • Su Elliot

      Raunchy Woman

    • Amanda Crossley

      Raunchy Woman

    • Di Sherlock

      Raunchy Woman

    • David Neilson

      Man in Suit

    • Peter Waddington

      Man in Suit

    • Peter Stockbridge

      Man in Suit

    • Rachel Lewis

      Graduate

    • Paul Trussell

      Grinning Husband

    • Jonny Coyne

      Fiance

    • Denise Orita

      Uneasy Woman

    • Margery Withers

      Elderly Lady

    • Gordon Winter

      Laughing Man

    • Theresa Watson

      Daughter

    • Peter Wight

      Father in Family Group

    • Gary McDonald

      Boxer

    • Alison Steadman

      Woman with Dog

    • Liz Smith

      Woman with Cat

    • Sheila Kelley

      Fertile Mother

    • Angela Curran

      Little Boy's Mother

    • Linda Beckett

      Pin Up Housewife

    • Phil Davis

      Man in Suit

    • Wendy Nottingham

      Glum Woman

    • Anthony O'Donnell

      Uneasy Man

    • Ruth Sheen

      Laughing Woman

    • Mia Soteriou

      Fiancee

    • Stephen Churchett

      Man in Suit

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