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.
Key facts
- Released:
- 1996-05-24
- Runtime:
- 142 min
- Genres:
- Drama
- Director:
- Mike Leigh
- Top cast:
- Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Claire Rushbrook, Lee Ross
- Original language:
- EN
- TMDB rating:
- 7.6/10 from 726 votes
- Bynge Score:
- 7.5/10