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Film / 1996
Secrets & Lies
Directed by
Mike Leigh
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.
The story
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 BlethynCynthia Rose Purley
Marianne Jean-BaptisteHortense Cumberbatch
Timothy SpallMaurice Purley
Phyllis LoganMonica Purley
Claire RushbrookRoxanne Purley
Lee RossPaul
Lesley ManvilleThe Social Worker
Elizabeth BerringtonJane
Michele AustinDionne
Ron CookStuart
Trevor LairdHortense's Brother
Brian BovellHortense's Brother
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Emma AmosGirl with Scar
Clare PerkinsHortense's Sister in Law
Elias Perkins McCookHortense's Nephew
Jane MitchellSenior Optician (as June Mitchell)
Janice AcquahJunior Optician
Keylee Jade FlandersGirl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)
Hannah DavisFirst Bride
Terence HarveyFirst Bride's Father
Kate O'MalleySecond Bride
Joe TuckerGroom
Richard SymsVicar
Grant MastersBest Man
Annie HayesMother in Family Group
Jean AinslieGrandmother
Lucy SheenNurse
Frances RuffelleYoung Mother
Nitin GanatraPotential Suitor
Metin MarlowConjuror
Su ElliotRaunchy Woman
Amanda CrossleyRaunchy Woman
Di SherlockRaunchy Woman
David NeilsonMan in Suit
Peter WaddingtonMan in Suit
Peter StockbridgeMan in Suit
Rachel LewisGraduate
Paul TrussellGrinning Husband
Jonny CoyneFiance
Denise OritaUneasy Woman
Margery WithersElderly Lady
Gordon WinterLaughing Man
Theresa WatsonDaughter
Peter WightFather in Family Group
Gary McDonaldBoxer
Alison SteadmanWoman with Dog
Liz SmithWoman with Cat
Sheila KelleyFertile Mother
Angela CurranLittle Boy's Mother
Linda BeckettPin Up Housewife
Phil DavisMan in Suit
Wendy NottinghamGlum Woman
Anthony O'DonnellUneasy Man
Ruth SheenLaughing Woman
Mia SoteriouFiancee
Stephen ChurchettMan in Suit
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