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Secrets & Lies

19962h 22m7.6/ 10 · TMDB · 755 votes
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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Directed by Mike Leigh

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Ansh Kapoor

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The people behind the story

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

Trevor Laird
Trevor Laird

Hortense's Brother

Brian Bovell
Brian Bovell

Hortense's Brother

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Last checked 9 Oct 2026.

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Film details

Released24 May 1996
Original languageEnglish
CountriesUnited Kingdom, France
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