TMDb Rating
7.6/10
704 verified votes
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Drama
142 min
"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."
Plot Summary
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
Mike Leigh
Top Cast
Brenda BlethynMarianne Jean-BaptisteTimothy SpallPhyllis LoganClaire Rushbrook
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