Secrets & Lies
★ 7.6·1997·2h 22min·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
- Original language
- English
- Status
- Released (Feb 20, 1997)
Where to watch
- With a subscription
- Buy or rent
Cast
40 people
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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Emma AmosGirl with Scar
Clare PerkinsHortense's Sister in Law- EPElias Perkins McCookHortense's Nephew
- JMJane MitchellSenior Optician (as June Mitchell)
Janice AcquahJunior Optician- KJKeylee Jade FlandersGirl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)
- HDHannah DavisFirst Bride
Terence HarveyFirst Bride's Father- KOKate O'MalleySecond Bride
- JTJoe TuckerGroom
- RSRichard SymsVicar
Grant MastersBest Man- AHAnnie HayesMother in Family Group
- JAJean AinslieGrandmother
Lucy SheenNurse
Frances RuffelleYoung Mother
Nitin GanatraPotential Suitor- MMMetin MarlowConjuror
- SESu ElliotRaunchy Woman
- ACAmanda CrossleyRaunchy Woman
- DSDi SherlockRaunchy Woman
David NeilsonMan in Suit- PWPeter WaddingtonMan in Suit
- PSPeter StockbridgeMan in Suit
- RLRachel LewisGraduate
Paul TrussellGrinning Husband
Jonny CoyneFiance- DODenise OritaUneasy Woman
