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

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