Secrets & Lies 1996
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After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to a working class white woman, Cynthia. At first Cynthia denies the claim, but she eventually admits to birthing Hortense as a teenager, and the two begin to bond. However, when Cynthia invites Hortense to a family barbecue, Cynthia's already tense relationship with her family becomes even more complicated.
- Released: 1996-05-24
- Runtime: 142 minutes
- Genre: Drama
- Stars: Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Claire Rushbrook
- Director: Jon Gregory, Simon Channing Williams, Dick Pope, Mike Leigh, Mike Leigh
