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.

Directed by: Mike Leigh
Written by: Mike Leigh
Release date: 1996-05-24
Runtime: 142 minutes
Critics score:
Tagline: Roxanne drives her mother crazy. Maurice never speaks to his niece. Monica can't talk to her husband. Hortense has never met her mother. Cynthia has a shock for her family.
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 
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Also known as:
  • Secrets and Lies
  • Hemmeligheder og løgne
  • Secretos y mentiras
  • 비밀과 거짓말