Secrets & Lies

Secrets & Lies

142 mins | Drama | May 24, 1996

After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to a working class white woman, Cynthia.

Secrets & Lies

142 mins | Drama | May 24, 1996

Secrets & Lies
After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to a working class white woman, Cynthia.
IMDb rating 8.0
Producers CiBy 2000, Film4 Productions, Thin Man Films
Original title Secrets & Lies
Directors Mike Leigh
Writers Mike Leigh

Cast

Brenda Blethyn

as Cynthia Rose Purley

Marianne Jean-Baptiste

as Hortense Cumberbatch

Timothy Spall

as Maurice Purley

Phyllis Logan

as Monica Purley

Claire Rushbrook

as Roxanne Purley

Lee Ross

as Paul

Lesley Manville

as The Social Worker

Michele Austin

as Dionne

Ron Cook

as Stuart

Trevor Laird

as Hortense's Brother

Brian Bovell

as Hortense's Brother

Emma Amos

as Girl with Scar

Clare Perkins

as Hortense's Sister in Law

Elias Perkins McCook

as Hortense's Nephew

Jane Mitchell

as Senior Optician (as June Mitchell)

Janice Acquah

as Junior Optician

Keylee Jade Flanders

as Girl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)

Hannah Davis

as First Bride

Terence Harvey

as First Bride's Father

Kate O'Malley

as Second Bride

Joe Tucker

as Groom

Richard Syms

as Vicar

Grant Masters

as Best Man

Annie Hayes

as Mother in Family Group

Jean Ainslie

as Grandmother

Lucy Sheen

as Nurse

Frances Ruffelle

as Young Mother

Nitin Ganatra

as Potential Suitor

Metin Marlow

as Conjuror

Su Elliot

as Raunchy Woman

Amanda Crossley

as Raunchy Woman

Di Sherlock

as Raunchy Woman

David Neilson

as Man in Suit

Peter Waddington

as Man in Suit

Peter Stockbridge

as Man in Suit

Rachel Lewis

as Graduate

Paul Trussell

as Grinning Husband

Jonny Coyne

as Fiance

Denise Orita

as Uneasy Woman

Margery Withers

as Elderly Lady

Gordon Winter

as Laughing Man

Theresa Watson

as Daughter

Peter Wight

as Father in Family Group

Gary McDonald

as Boxer

Alison Steadman

as Woman with Dog

Liz Smith

as Woman with Cat

Sheila Kelley

as Fertile Mother

Angela Curran

as Little Boy's Mother

Linda Beckett

as Pin Up Housewife

Phil Davis

as Man in Suit

Wendy Nottingham

as Glum Woman

Anthony O'Donnell

as Uneasy Man

Ruth Sheen

as Laughing Woman

Mia Soteriou

as Fiancee

Stephen Churchett

as Man in Suit