Drama
Secrets & Lies
1996
142 min
7.6
76.0%
User Score
(696 votes)
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.
DIRECTED BY
Jon Gregory
STARRING
Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Claire Rushbrook
Videos & Trailers
2160p
Featurette
Secrets & Lies Q&A | Mike Leigh in Conversation
480p
Teaser
Channel 4 Promo
1080p
Featurette
Mike Leigh on the Making of Secrets & Lies
1080p
Trailer
Official Trailer
360p
Teaser
United States TV Spot
480p
Featurette
Director's Cut: Mike Leigh on Secrets and Lies - Film 2011 With Claudia Winkleman - BBC
480p
Clip
Main Title Sequence
360p
Clip
Photo Studio Scene
Cast
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
