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Secrets & Lies
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1996 UK film by Mike Leigh
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7.6After 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: 1996-05-24142 minDir: Mike LeighDramaBudget: $4.5MBox office: $13.4M
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
Themes
- london, england
- parent child relationship
- adoption
- socially deprived family
- reunion
- candid
- loving
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Ratings
IMDb
8/10
50,519 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Metacritic
92/100
- Year
- 1996
- Runtime
- 136 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 5 Oscars. 36 wins & 47 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 142
- FilmAffinity ID
- 487247
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- publication date
- 1996-05-24
- title
- Secrets & Lies
- review score
- 8.0/10
- capital cost
- 4500000
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Categories
1996 British films1996 comedy-drama films1996 English-language films1996 films1996 French films1996 independent filmsBAFTA winners (films)Best British Film BAFTA Award winnersBest Foreign Film Independent Spirit Award winnersBlack British filmsBritish comedy-drama filmsBritish independent filmsEnglish-language comedy-drama filmsEnglish-language French filmsEnglish-language independent filmsFilms about adoptionFilms about dysfunctional familiesFilms about mother–daughter relationshipsFilms about social realismFilms directed by Mike LeighFilms featuring a Best Drama Actress Golden Globe–winning performanceFilms set in LondonFilms shot in LondonFilms whose writer won the Best Original Screenplay BAFTA Award