Secrets & Lies (1996)
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.
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.
Rated
R
Year
1996
Country
GB
Language
English
Release date
24 May 1996
TMDB
7.6 (755)
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Brenda Blethyn
Cynthia Rose Purley
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Hortense Cumberbatch
Timothy Spall
Maurice Purley
Phyllis Logan
Monica Purley
Claire Rushbrook
Roxanne Purley
Lee Ross
Paul
Lesley Manville
The Social Worker
Elizabeth Berrington
Jane
Michele Austin
Dionne
Ron Cook
Stuart
Trevor Laird
Hortense's Brother
Brian Bovell
Hortense's Brother
Emma Amos
Girl with Scar
Clare Perkins
Hortense's Sister in Law
E
Elias Perkins McCook
Hortense's Nephew
J
Jane Mitchell
Senior Optician (as June Mitchell)
Janice Acquah
Junior Optician
K
Keylee Jade Flanders
Girl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)
H
Hannah Davis
First Bride
Terence Harvey
First Bride's Father
K
Kate O'Malley
Second Bride
J
Joe Tucker
Groom
R
Richard Syms
Vicar
Grant Masters
Best Man
A
Annie Hayes
Mother in Family Group
J
Jean Ainslie
Grandmother
Lucy Sheen
Nurse
Frances Ruffelle
Young Mother
Nitin Ganatra
Potential Suitor
M
Metin Marlow
Conjuror
S
Su Elliot
Raunchy Woman
A
Amanda Crossley
Raunchy Woman
D
Di Sherlock
Raunchy Woman
David Neilson
Man in Suit
P
Peter Waddington
Man in Suit
P
Peter Stockbridge
Man in Suit
R
Rachel Lewis
Graduate
Paul Trussell
Grinning Husband
Jonny Coyne
Fiance
D
Denise Orita
Uneasy Woman
M
Margery Withers
Elderly Lady
G
Gordon Winter
Laughing Man
T
Theresa Watson
Daughter
Peter Wight
Father in Family Group
Gary McDonald
Boxer
Alison Steadman
Woman with Dog
Liz Smith
Woman with Cat
Sheila Kelley
Fertile Mother
Angela Curran
Little Boy's Mother
Linda Beckett
Pin Up Housewife
Phil Davis
Man in Suit
Wendy Nottingham
Glum Woman
Anthony O'Donnell
Uneasy Man
Ruth Sheen
Laughing Woman
Mia Soteriou
Fiancee
Stephen Churchett
Man in Suit
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