Movie

Secrets & Lies (1996)

• R
• May 24, 1996
• 2h 22m

• 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.

Director

Mike Leigh

Writers

Mike Leigh

Starring

Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Timothy Spall