Secrets & Lies1996
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.
Director
Actors
Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Claire Rushbrook, Lee Ross, Lesley Manville, Trevor Laird, Brian Bovell, Su Elliot, Theresa Watson, Alison Steadman, Liz Smith, Phil Davis
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Theatrical – 142 Minutes
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About the film
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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Ratings
7.6tmdb
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