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.
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.
Directed by Mike Leigh · Written by Mike Leigh
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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
