Secrets & Lies

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.

Directed by: Mike Leigh

7.6 722

2h 22m 5/24/96

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.

Cast

Cynthia Rose Purley

Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Hortense Cumberbatch

Claire Rushbrook

Lesley Manville

The Social Worker

Elizabeth Berrington

Hortense's Brother

Hortense's Brother

Hortense's Sister in Law

Elias Perkins McCook

Hortense's Nephew

Senior Optician (as June Mitchell)

Junior Optician

Keylee Jade Flanders

Girl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)

First Bride's Father

Mother in Family Group

Frances Ruffelle

Potential Suitor

Amanda Crossley

Peter Waddington

Peter Stockbridge

Grinning Husband

Margery Withers

Father in Family Group

Alison Steadman

Little Boy's Mother

Pin Up Housewife

Wendy Nottingham

Anthony O'Donnell

Stephen Churchett