Watch Secrets & Lies (1996) Official Trailer
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.
8.0 / 10 IMDb May 24, 1996 2h 22m Metascore 92
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.
Director
Runtime
2h 22m
Release Date
May 24, 1996
Genre
Drama
Status
Released
Rated
R
Budget
$4,500,000
Revenue
$13,417,292
Languages
Greek, English
Country
United Kingdom, France
Writers
Producers
Awards
Nominated for 5 Oscars. 36 wins & 47 nominations total
Cast
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
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Elias Perkins McCook
as Hortense's Nephew
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Jane Mitchell
as Senior Optician (as June Mitchell)
Janice Acquah
as Junior Optician
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Keylee Jade Flanders
as Girl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)
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Hannah Davis
as First Bride
Terence Harvey
as First Bride's Father
Production Companies
CiBy 2000
Thin Man Films
Film4 ProductionsSecrets & Lies Official Trailer 1996
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