Movie • 1996
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.
Filmistani86
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DramaSlow BurnEmotional DepthHidden GemPhilosophical
Why Watch
A Drama pick with emotionally resonant storytelling, a patient, deliberate slow burn — Filmistani Score 86.
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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.
Cast
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
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Elizabeth Berrington
Jane
Michele Austin
Dionne
Ron Cook
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