"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."
Secrets & Lies
Movie1996•2sa 22dk•star7.6(744)•trending_up4
Drama
Director:Mike Leigh
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.
Details
StatusReleased
Release DateMay 24, 1996
Release Dates
Argentina:
Premiere - Nov 15, 1996
Theatrical - Feb 27, 1997
Australia:
Theatrical - Sep 5, 1996 (M)
Belgium:
Theatrical - Sep 18, 1996
Brazil:
Theatrical - Nov 15, 1996 (L)
Physical - Jan 1, 2017 (12)
TV - Oct 2, 2000 (L)
Canada:
Theatrical - Sep 27, 1996
TV - Feb 9, 2002
Runtime2sa 22dk
Budget$4,500,000
Revenue$13,417,292
Profit$8,917,292
Origin CountryUnited Kingdom
Original LanguageEnglish
Spoken Languagesελληνικά, English
Production Companies
Videos
Cast
Featured 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
