Secrets & Lies (1996)
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.
Directed by: Mike Leigh
Top Billed Cast: Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Timothy Spall
Runtime: 142 minutes
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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
The Social Worker
Elizabeth Berrington
Jane
Michele Austin
Dionne
Ron Cook
Stuart
Trevor Laird
Hortense's Brother
Brian Bovell
Hortense's Brother
Emma Amos
Girl with Scar
Clare Perkins
Hortense's Sister in Law
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Elias Perkins McCook
Hortense's Nephew
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Jane Mitchell
Senior Optician (as June Mitchell)
Janice Acquah
Junior Optician
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Keylee Jade Flanders
Girl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)
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Hannah Davis
First Bride
Terence Harvey
First Bride's Father
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Kate O'Malley
Second Bride
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Joe Tucker
Groom
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Richard Syms
Vicar
Grant Masters
Best Man
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Annie Hayes
Mother in Family Group
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Jean Ainslie
Grandmother
Lucy Sheen
Nurse
Frances Ruffelle
Young Mother
Nitin Ganatra
Potential Suitor
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Metin Marlow
Conjuror
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Su Elliot
Raunchy Woman
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Amanda Crossley
Raunchy Woman
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Di Sherlock
Raunchy Woman
David Neilson
Man in Suit
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Peter Waddington
Man in Suit
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Peter Stockbridge
Man in Suit
