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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 Cynthia, a working class white woman.

1996 |2h 22m |  Drama

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Cast

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Brenda Blethyn

Cynthia Rose Purley

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Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Hortense Cumberbatch

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Timothy Spall

Maurice Purley

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Phyllis Logan

Monica Purley

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Claire Rushbrook

Roxanne Purley

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Lee Ross

Paul

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Lesley Manville

The Social Worker

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Elizabeth Berrington

Jane

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Michele Austin

Dionne

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Ron Cook

Stuart

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Trevor Laird

Hortense's Brother

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Brian Bovell

Hortense's Brother

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Emma Amos

Girl with Scar

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Clare Perkins

Hortense's Sister in Law

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Janice Acquah

Junior Optician

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Terence Harvey

First Bride's Father

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Richard Syms

Vicar

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Grant Masters

Best Man

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Lucy Sheen

Nurse

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Frances Ruffelle

Young Mother

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Nitin Ganatra

Potential Suitor

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David Neilson

Man in Suit

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Paul Trussell

Grinning Husband

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Jonny Coyne

Fiance

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Peter Wight

Father in Family Group

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Alison Steadman

Woman with Dog

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Liz Smith

Woman with Cat

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Sheila Kelley

Fertile Mother

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Angela Curran

Little Boy's Mother

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Linda Beckett

Pin Up Housewife

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Phil Davis

Man in Suit

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Wendy Nottingham

Glum Woman

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Anthony O'Donnell

Uneasy Man

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Ruth Sheen

Laughing Woman

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Mia Soteriou

Fiancee

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Stephen Churchett

Man in Suit

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

$4,500,000.00

Revenue

$13,417,292.00