Secrets & Lies (1996)
Roxanne drives her mother crazy. Maurice never speaks to his niece. Monica can't talk to her husband. Hortense has never met her mother. Cynthia has a shock for her family.
Starring Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Directed by Mike Leigh
With both her adoptive parents now dead, a Black optometrist decides to make contact with her white working-class birth mother.
Runtime: 142 min.
Rating: 7.5
DVD
Languages: English
Countries: France,United Kingdom
Genres: Drama
Keywords: london, england,parent child relationship,secret,socially deprived family,adoption,reunion
Cast
Maurice Purley
Cynthia Rose Purley
Hortense Cumberbatch
Monica Purley
Roxanne Purley
Paul
The Social Worker
Jane
Dionne
Stuart
Hortense's Brother
Hortense's Brother
Girl with scar
Hortense's Sister in Law
Hortense's Nephew
Senior Optician (as June Mitchell)
Junior Optician
Girl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)
First Bride
First Bride's Father
Second Bride
Groom
Vicar
Best Man
Mother in family group
Grandmother
Nurse
Young mother
Potential Suitor
Conjuror
Raunchy woman
Raunchy woman
Raunchy woman
Men in suits
Men in suits
Men in suits
Graduate
Grinning Husband
Fiance
Uneasy woman
Elderly Lady
Laughing man
Daughter
Father in family group
Boxer
Woman with dog
Woman with cat
Fertile Mother
Little Boy's Mother
Pin Up Housewife
Man in suit
Glum woman
Uneasy Man
Laughing Woman
Fiancee
Men in Suits