Cynthia Rose Purley
Brenda Blethyn
Cynthia Rose Purley
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.”
7.6
1996
2h 22m
Drama
Director: Mike Leigh
Overview
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
Hortense Cumberbatch
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Hortense Cumberbatch
Maurice Purley
Timothy Spall
Maurice Purley
Monica Purley
Phyllis Logan
Monica Purley
Roxanne Purley
Claire Rushbrook
Roxanne Purley
Paul
Lee Ross
Paul
The Social Worker
Lesley Manville
The Social Worker
Jane
Elizabeth Berrington
Jane
Dionne
Michele Austin
Dionne
Stuart
Ron Cook
Stuart
Hortense's Brother
Trevor Laird
Hortense's Brother
Hortense's Brother
Brian Bovell
Hortense's Brother
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