Secrets & Lies
movie

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.
Released May 24, 1996
Genres:
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.
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

Lee Ross
as
Paul

Lesley Manville
as
The Social Worker

Elizabeth Berrington
as
Jane

Michele Austin
as
Dionne

Ron Cook
as
Stuart

Trevor Laird
as
Hortense's Brother

Brian Bovell
as
Hortense's Brother
Crew
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Jon Gregory
as
Editor

Mike Leigh
as
Director

Simon Channing Williams
as
Producer

Dick Pope
as
Director of Photography

Mike Leigh
as
Writer
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Andrew Dickson
as
Original Music Composer
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Maria Price
as
Costume Design
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George Richards
as
Sound Recordist

Alison Chitty
as
Production Design
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Susie Parriss
as
Casting
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Paddy Stern
as
Casting

Eve Stewart
as
Art Direction