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Secrets & Lies (1996)

Secrets & Lies (1996)

Drama

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.

Release Date: 1996, May 24
Directors: Mike Leigh
Countries: France, United Kingdom
Production: CiBy 2000, Channel Four Films, Thin Man Films
Cast: Mia Soteriou, Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Ruth Sheen, Peter Wight, Elizabeth Berrington, Theresa Watson, Angela Curran, Claire Rushbrook, Su Elliot, Trevor Laird, Brenda Blethyn

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.

Keywords:

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