Secrets & Lies (1996)

Name: Secrets & Lies
Genre: Drama
Released: 1996-05-24
Duration: 2 h 22 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Claire Rushbrook

Drama • PT2H22M

Overview

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.

Director: Mike Leigh

Top Cast

Brenda Blethyn as Cynthia Rose Purley
Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Hortense Cumberbatch
Timothy Spall as Maurice Purley
Phyllis Logan as Monica Purley
Claire Rushbrook as Roxanne Purley

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