Secrets & Lies

Secrets & Lies (1996)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1996-05-24
  • User Rating: 7.6/10 from 596 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 22min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Thin Man Films
  • Production Country: France, United Kingdom
  • Director: Mike Leigh
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Summary

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.

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  • Brenda Blethyn

    as Cynthia Rose Purley
  • Marianne Jean-Baptiste

    as Hortense Cumberbatch
  • Timothy Spall

    as Maurice Purley
  • Phyllis Logan

    as Monica Purley
  • Claire Rushbrook

    as Roxanne Purley
  • Lee Ross

    as Paul
  • Lesley Manville

    as The Social Worker
  • Elizabeth Berrington

    as Jane
  • Michele Austin

    as Dionne
  • Ron Cook

    as Stuart
  • Trevor Laird

    as Hortense's Brother
  • Brian Bovell

    as Hortense's Brother
  • Emma Amos

    as Girl with Scar
  • Clare Perkins

    as Hortense's Sister in Law
  • Elias Perkins McCook

    as Hortense's Nephew
  • Jane Mitchell

    as Senior Optician (as June Mitchell)
  • Janice Acquah

    as Junior Optician
  • Keylee Jade Flanders

    as Girl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)
  • Hannah Davis

    as First Bride
  • Terence Harvey

    as First Bride's Father
  • Kate O'Malley

    as Second Bride
  • Joe Tucker

    as Groom
  • Richard Syms

    as Vicar
  • Grant Masters

    as Best Man
  • Annie Hayes

    as Mother in Family Group
  • Jean Ainslie

    as Grandmother
  • Lucy Sheen

    as Nurse
  • Frances Ruffelle

    as Young Mother
  • Nitin Ganatra

    as Potential Suitor
  • Metin Marlow

    as Conjuror
  • Su Elliot

    as Raunchy Woman
  • Amanda Crossley

    as Raunchy Woman
  • Di Sherlock

    as Raunchy Woman
  • David Neilson

    as Man in Suit
  • Peter Waddington

    as Man in Suit
  • Peter Stockbridge

    as Man in Suit
  • Rachel Lewis

    as Graduate
  • Paul Trussell

    as Grinning Husband
  • Jonny Coyne

    as Fiance
  • Denise Orita

    as Uneasy Woman
  • Margery Withers

    as Elderly Lady
  • Gordon Winter

    as Laughing Man
  • Theresa Watson

    as Daughter
  • Peter Wight

    as Father in Family Group
  • Gary McDonald

    as Boxer
  • Alison Steadman

    as Woman with Dog
  • Liz Smith

    as Woman with Cat
  • Sheila Kelley

    as Fertile Mother
  • Angela Curran

    as Little Boy's Mother
  • Linda Beckett

    as Pin Up Housewife
  • Phil Davis

    as Man in Suit
  • Wendy Nottingham

    as Glum Woman
  • Anthony O'Donnell

    as Uneasy Man
  • Ruth Sheen

    as Laughing Woman
  • Mia Soteriou

    as Fiancee
  • Stephen Churchett

    as Man in Suit
Editing Jon Gregory Editor
Production Simon Channing Williams Producer
Camera Dick Pope Director of Photography
Directing Mike Leigh Director
Writing Mike Leigh Writer
Sound Andrew Dickson Original Music Composer
Art Alison Chitty Production Design
Sound George Richards Sound Recordist
Costume & Make-Up Maria Price Costume Design