Secrets & Lies
After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to a working class white woman, Cynthia.
Release Date
May 24, 1996Runtime
142 minGenres
DramaDirected by
Mike LeighWritten by
Mike LeighLanguage
EnglishBudget
$4,500,000Revenue
$13,417,292Status
Released
Cast
Brenda Blethyn
Cynthia Rose Purley
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Hortense Cumberbatch
Timothy Spall
Maurice Purley
Phyllis Logan
Monica Purley
Claire Rushbrook
Roxanne Purley
Lee Ross
Paul
Lesley Manville
The Social Worker
Elizabeth Berrington
Jane
Michele Austin
Dionne
Ron Cook
Stuart
Trevor Laird
Hortense's Brother
Brian Bovell
Hortense's Brother
Emma Amos
Girl with Scar
Clare Perkins
Hortense's Sister in Law
Janice Acquah
Junior Optician
Terence Harvey
First Bride's Father
Grant Masters
Best Man
Lucy Sheen
Nurse
Frances Ruffelle
Young Mother
Nitin Ganatra
Potential Suitor
David Neilson
Man in Suit
Paul Trussell
Grinning Husband
Jonny Coyne
Fiance
Peter Wight
Father in Family Group
Alison Steadman
Woman with Dog
Liz Smith
Woman with Cat
Angela Curran
Little Boy's Mother
Phil Davis
Man in Suit
Wendy Nottingham
Glum Woman
Anthony O'Donnell
Uneasy Man
Ruth Sheen
Laughing Woman
Mia Soteriou
Fiancee
Stephen Churchett
Man in SuitImages
Videos
Mike Leigh on the Making of Secrets & Lies
1996 Secrets & Lies Official Trailer 1 Channel Four Films
Secrets & Lies (1996) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]
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Mike Leigh on the Making of Secrets & Lies
1996 Secrets & Lies Official Trailer 1 Channel Four Films