Movie
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.
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Checked Jul 24, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about Secrets & Lies
Cast
Brenda BlethynCynthia Rose Purley
Marianne Jean-BaptisteHortense Cumberbatch
Timothy SpallMaurice Purley
Phyllis LoganMonica Purley
Claire RushbrookRoxanne Purley
Lee RossPaul
Lesley ManvilleThe Social Worker
Elizabeth BerringtonJaneCredits
- Directed by
- Mike Leigh
- Written by
- Mike Leigh
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $4.5M
- Box office
- $13.4M
Production
CiBy 2000France
Thin Man FilmsUnited Kingdom
Film4 ProductionsUnited Kingdom
