Secrets & Lies

Secrets & Lies

1996 142 min 7.6/10
Drama

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.

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Budget: $4,500,000 Revenue: $13,417,292 Status: Released

🎭 Cast

Brenda Blethyn
Brenda Blethyn
Cynthia Rose Purley
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Hortense Cumberbatch
Timothy Spall
Timothy Spall
Maurice Purley
Phyllis Logan
Phyllis Logan
Monica Purley
Claire Rushbrook
Claire Rushbrook
Roxanne Purley
Lee Ross
Lee Ross
Paul
Lesley Manville
Lesley Manville
The Social Worker
Elizabeth Berrington
Elizabeth Berrington
Jane
Michele Austin
Michele Austin
Dionne
Ron Cook
Ron Cook
Stuart

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Details

Tagline
"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
1996-05-24
Original Language
English
Origin Country

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