

Secrets & Lies
1996 · Movie · 2h 22m · R
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."
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.
Ratings
IMDb
8/10
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Metacritic
92/100
Key crew
- Andrew DicksonOriginal Music Composer
- Mike LeighWriter
- Mike LeighDirector
Cast
- 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
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Themes
london, englandparent child relationshipadoptionsocially deprived familyreunioncandidloving























