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.
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Details
- Release: May 24 1996
- Runtime: 142 min
- Language: English
- Budget: $4,500,000
- Revenue: $13,417,292
Overview
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.
Credits
Lesley Manville
The Social Worker
Phyllis Logan
Monica Purley
Brenda Blethyn
Cynthia Rose Purley
Timothy Spall
Maurice Purley
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Hortense Cumberbatch
Alison Steadman
Woman with Dog
Phil Davis
Man in Suit
Liz Smith
Woman with Cat
David Neilson
Man in Suit
Ruth Sheen
Laughing Woman
Peter Wight
Father in Family Group
Ron Cook
Stuart
Claire Rushbrook
Roxanne Purley
Lee Ross
Paul
Elizabeth Berrington
Jane
Brian Bovell
Hortense's Brother
Michele Austin
Dionne
Su Elliot
Raunchy Woman
Wendy Nottingham
Glum Woman
Jonny Coyne
Fiance