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