Brenda BlethynCynthia Rose PurleySavaraTV movie
Secrets & Lies
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.
Drama
Starring
Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Timothy Spall
Directed by
Mike Leigh
About
Secrets & Lies
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.
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.
Information
- Released
- May 24, 1996
- Runtime
- 2h 22m
- Status
- Released
Language & origin
- Original audio
- English
- Country
- GB
- Rating
- R
- Directed by
- Mike Leigh
Production
- Studio
- CiBy 2000
- Studio
- Thin Man Films
- Studio
- Film4 Productions
Cast
People in this story
Brenda BlethynCynthia Rose Purley
Marianne Jean-BaptisteHortense Cumberbatch
Timothy SpallMaurice Purley
Phyllis LoganMonica Purley
Claire RushbrookRoxanne Purley
Lee RossPaul
Lesley ManvilleThe Social Worker
Elizabeth BerringtonJane
Michele AustinDionne
Ron CookStuart
Trevor LairdHortense's Brother
Brian BovellHortense's BrotherMetadata and artwork discovery powered by TMDB.