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    Secrets & Lies

    142'

    1996-05-24

    7.5

    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.

    Drama

    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.

    DirectingMike LeighWritingMike Leigh

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    Cast

    3

    Cynthia Rose Purley

    Brenda Blethyn

    2

    Hortense Cumberbatch

    Marianne Jean-Baptiste

    3

    Maurice Purley

    Timothy Spall

    2

    Monica Purley

    Phyllis Logan

    2

    Roxanne Purley

    Claire Rushbrook

    2

    Paul

    Lee Ross

    3

    The Social Worker

    Lesley Manville

    2

    Jane

    Elizabeth Berrington

    1

    Dionne

    Michele Austin

    2

    Stuart

    Ron Cook

    1

    Hortense's Brother

    Trevor Laird

    1

    Hortense's Brother

    Brian Bovell

    1

    Girl with Scar

    Emma Amos

    1

    Hortense's Sister in Law

    Clare Perkins

    1

    Hortense's Nephew

    Elias Perkins McCook

    1

    Senior Optician (as June Mitchell)

    Jane Mitchell

    1

    Junior Optician

    Janice Acquah

    1

    Girl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)

    Keylee Jade Flanders

    1

    First Bride

    Hannah Davis

    1

    First Bride's Father

    Terence Harvey

    1

    Second Bride

    Kate O'Malley

    1

    Groom

    Joe Tucker

    1

    Vicar

    Richard Syms

    1

    Best Man

    Grant Masters

    1

    Mother in Family Group

    Annie Hayes

    1

    Grandmother

    Jean Ainslie

    1

    Nurse

    Lucy Sheen

    1

    Young Mother

    Frances Ruffelle

    1

    Potential Suitor

    Nitin Ganatra

    1

    Conjuror

    Metin Marlow

    1

    Raunchy Woman

    Su Elliot

    1

    Raunchy Woman

    Amanda Crossley

    1

    Raunchy Woman

    Di Sherlock

    1

    Man in Suit

    David Neilson

    1

    Man in Suit

    Peter Waddington

    1

    Man in Suit

    Peter Stockbridge

    1

    Graduate

    Rachel Lewis

    1

    Grinning Husband

    Paul Trussell

    1

    Fiance

    Jonny Coyne

    1

    Uneasy Woman

    Denise Orita

    1

    Elderly Lady

    Margery Withers

    1

    Laughing Man

    Gordon Winter

    1

    Daughter

    Theresa Watson

    1

    Father in Family Group

    Peter Wight

    1

    Boxer

    Gary McDonald

    1

    Woman with Dog

    Alison Steadman

    1

    Woman with Cat

    Liz Smith

    1

    Fertile Mother

    Sheila Kelley

    1

    Little Boy's Mother

    Angela Curran

    1

    Pin Up Housewife

    Linda Beckett

    2

    Man in Suit

    Phil Davis

    1

    Glum Woman

    Wendy Nottingham

    1

    Uneasy Man

    Anthony O'Donnell

    2

    Laughing Woman

    Ruth Sheen

    1

    Fiancee

    Mia Soteriou

    1

    Man in Suit

    Stephen Churchett

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    Details:

    • Budget: 4500000
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 13417292
    • List of countries:
      1. United Kingdom
      2. France
    • List of languages:
      1. Greek
      2. English
    • List of companies:
      1. CiBy 2000
      2. Thin Man Films
      3. Channel Four Films
    • Vote Count: 758
    • Popularity: 2.5278
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Secrets & Lies

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