🎬 Drama

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."

⭐ 7.6/10 1996 2h 22m Dir. Mike Leigh

About this movie

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.

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7.6/10 731 votes

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Year
1996
Runtime
2h 22m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.6/10
Votes
731
Genre
Drama
Director
Language
EN
Budget
$4.5M

Cast

🎭 Drama 🎬 Mike Leigh 👤 Brenda Blethyn 👤 Marianne Jean-Baptiste 👤 Timothy Spall
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Secrets & Lies has a runtime of 2h 22m (2 hours and 22 minutes).
Secrets & Lies was directed by Mike Leigh and released in 1996.
Secrets & Lies is a Drama film (1996).
The cast of Secrets & Lies includes Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Claire Rushbrook.
Secrets & Lies has a TMDB rating of 7.6/10 based on 731 votes.

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