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Secrets & Lies 1996

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Released1996-05-10 + 12 more
Runtime2h 22m
DirectorMike Leigh

WriterMike Leigh
CountryFrance
LanguagesEnglish
StudiosThin Man Films + 2 more, CiBy 2000, Film4 Productions
GenresDrama

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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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
Emma Amos
Girl with Scar
Clare Perkins
Hortense's Sister in Law
Elias Perkins McCook
Hortense's Nephew
Jane Mitchell
Senior Optician (as June Mitchell)
Janice Acquah
Junior Optician
Keylee Jade Flanders
Girl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)
Hannah Davis
First Bride
Terence Harvey
First Bride's Father
Kate O'Malley
Second Bride
Joe Tucker
Groom
Richard Syms
Vicar
Grant Masters
Best Man
Annie Hayes
Mother in Family Group
Jean Ainslie
Grandmother
Lucy Sheen
Nurse
Frances Ruffelle
Young Mother
Nitin Ganatra
Potential Suitor
Metin Marlow
Conjuror
Su Elliot
Raunchy Woman
Amanda Crossley
Raunchy Woman
Di Sherlock
Raunchy Woman
David Neilson
Man in Suit
Peter Waddington
Man in Suit
Peter Stockbridge
Man in Suit
Rachel Lewis
Graduate
Paul Trussell
Grinning Husband
Jonny Coyne
Fiance
Denise Orita
Uneasy Woman
Margery Withers
Elderly Lady
Gordon Winter
Laughing Man
Theresa Watson
Daughter
Peter Wight
Father in Family Group
Gary McDonald
Boxer
Alison Steadman
Woman with Dog
Liz Smith
Woman with Cat
Sheila Kelley
Fertile Mother
Angela Curran
Little Boy's Mother
Linda Beckett
Pin Up Housewife
Phil Davis
Man in Suit
Wendy Nottingham
Glum Woman
Anthony O'Donnell
Uneasy Man
Ruth Sheen
Laughing Woman
Mia Soteriou
Fiancee
Stephen Churchett
Man in Suit

Secrets & Lies 1996

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Cast 56

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

Emma Amos

Girl with Scar

Clare Perkins

Hortense's Sister in Law

Elias Perkins McCook

Hortense's Nephew

Jane Mitchell

Senior Optician (as June Mitchell)

Janice Acquah

Junior Optician

Keylee Jade Flanders

Girl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)

Hannah Davis

First Bride

Terence Harvey

First Bride's Father

Kate O'Malley

Second Bride

Joe Tucker

Groom

Richard Syms

Vicar

Grant Masters

Best Man

Annie Hayes

Mother in Family Group

Jean Ainslie

Grandmother

Lucy Sheen

Nurse

Frances Ruffelle

Young Mother

Nitin Ganatra

Potential Suitor

Metin Marlow

Conjuror

Su Elliot

Raunchy Woman

Amanda Crossley

Raunchy Woman

Di Sherlock

Raunchy Woman

David Neilson

Man in Suit

Peter Waddington

Man in Suit

Peter Stockbridge

Man in Suit

Rachel Lewis

Graduate

Paul Trussell

Grinning Husband

Jonny Coyne

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