Secrets & Lies
United Kingdom • 1996 • 2h 22m
Director
#1070Criterion Collection →Synopsis
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.
Synopsis
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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Credits
Crew
DirectorMike Leigh
WriterMike Leigh
CinematographerDick Pope
ComposerAndrew Dickson
EditorJon Gregory
ProducerSimon Channing Williams
Cast
Brenda Blethynas Cynthia Rose Purley
Marianne Jean-Baptisteas Hortense Cumberbatch
Timothy Spallas Maurice Purley
Phyllis Loganas Monica Purley
