Secrets & Lies (1996)

Secrets & Lies (1996)

1996-05-24 France, United Kingdom 142 Min. PG-13
7.6 641 votes

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.

Cast

Brenda Blethyn is Cynthia Rose Purley
Cynthia Rose Purley
Marianne Jean-Baptiste is Hortense Cumberbatch
Hortense Cumberbatch
Timothy Spall is Maurice Purley
Maurice Purley
Phyllis Logan is Monica Purley
Monica Purley
Claire Rushbrook is Roxanne Purley
Roxanne Purley
Lee Ross is Paul
Lesley Manville is The Social Worker
The Social Worker
Ron Cook is Stuart
Stuart
Trevor Laird is Hortense's Brother
Hortense's Brother
Brian Bovell is Hortense's Brother
Hortense's Brother