Secrets & Lies (1996)
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.
136 min
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.
- Release date
- May 24, 1996
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Budget
- $4,500,000
- Box office
- $13,417,292
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Cast
- Brenda Blethyn as Cynthia
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Hortense Cumberbatch
- Timothy Spall as Maurice
- Phyllis Logan as Monica
- Claire Rushbrook as Roxanne
- Lee Ross as Paul
- Lesley Manville as Social Worker
- Elizabeth Berrington as Jane
- Michele Austin as Dionne
- Ron Cook as Stuart
- Trevor Laird as Hortense's Brother
- Brian Bovell as Hortense's Brother
- Emma Amos as Girl with Scar
- Clare Perkins as Hortense's Sister in Law
- Jane Mitchell as Senior Optician (as June Mitchell)
- Janice Acquah as Junior Optician
- Keylee Jade Flanders as Girl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)
- Hannah Davis as First Bride
- Terence Harvey as First Bride's Father
- Kate O'Malley as Second Bride
- Joe Tucker as Groom
- Richard Syms as Vicar
- Grant Masters as Best Man
- Annie Hayes as Mother in Family Group
- Jean Ainslie as Grandmother
- Lucy Sheen as Nurse
- Frances Ruffelle as Young Mother
- Nitin Ganatra as Potential Suitor
Crew
- Mike Leigh · Director
- Mike Leigh · Writer
- Simon Channing Williams · Producer
- Andrew Dickson · Composer
- Dick Pope · Cinematographer
- Jon Gregory · Editor
- Susie Parriss · Casting director
- Paddy Stern · Casting director
- Alison Chitty · Production designer