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Secrets & Lies

R 1996 2 h 22 min
76%
Audience score758 votes on TMDB

“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.

Director
Mike Leigh
Screenplay
Mike Leigh
Status
Released
Release date
24/05/1996
Original language
English
Budget
US$ 5 M
Box office
US$ 13 M

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