Secrets & Lies
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.
Crew and Cast
Mike LeighDirector
Brenda BlethynCynthia Rose Purley
Marianne Jean-BaptisteHortense Cumberbatch
Timothy SpallMaurice Purley
Phyllis LoganMonica Purley
Claire RushbrookRoxanne Purley
Lee RossPaul
Lesley ManvilleThe Social Worker
Elizabeth BerringtonJane
Michele AustinDionne
Ron CookStuart
Trevor LairdHortense's Brother
Brian BovellHortense's Brother
Emma AmosGirl with Scar
Clare PerkinsHortense's Sister in LawElias Perkins McCookHortense's Nephew
Jane MitchellSenior Optician (as June Mitchell)
Janice AcquahJunior OpticianKeylee Jade FlandersGirl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)
Hannah DavisFirst Bride
Terence HarveyFirst Bride's FatherKate O'MalleySecond Bride
Joe TuckerGroom
Richard SymsVicar
Grant MastersBest ManAnnie HayesMother in Family Group
Jean AinslieGrandmother
Lucy SheenNurse
Frances RuffelleYoung Mother
Nitin GanatraPotential SuitorMetin MarlowConjuror
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Info
- Status
- Released
- Released
- 24 May 1996
- Runtime
- 2h 22m
- Rating
- R
- TMDB score
- 7.6 / 10 (756 votes)
Production
- Director
- Mike Leigh
- Writers
- Mike Leigh
- Studios
- CiBy 2000, Thin Man Films, Channel Four Films
- Countries
- United Kingdom, France
Box Office
- Budget
- $4.5M
- Revenue
- $13.4M
- Profit
- $8.9M
- Return
- 3.0×
Languages
- Original
- English
- Spoken
- Greek, English