Secrets & Lies (1996)
Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews
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.
- Released: 1996-05-24
- Genres: Drama
- Runtime: 2h 22m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 7.6/10 from 755 votes
Directed by Mike Leigh.
Top cast
- Brenda Blethyn as Cynthia Rose Purley
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Hortense Cumberbatch
- Timothy Spall as Maurice Purley
- Phyllis Logan as Monica Purley
- Claire Rushbrook as Roxanne Purley
- Lee Ross as Paul
- Lesley Manville as The Social Worker
- Elizabeth Berrington as Jane
- Michele Austin as Dionne
- Ron Cook as Stuart
Where to watch Secrets & Lies
- United States: stream on HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, HBO Max; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
- India: rent on Pijama Films
- Canada: stream on Criterion Channel; rent on Apple TV Store; buy on Apple TV Store
- Australia: rent on Pijama Films
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