SECRETS & LIES
Directed by Mike Leigh
Fiction – Comedy, Drama – 1996 – United Kingdom, France – 136′
Synopsis
When her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a 27 years old black woman, decides to look for her real mother. She is overwhelmed when she discovers that her biological mother, Cynthia, is white and that she has a 20 years old daughter, Roxanne, who she lives with. Despite the panic Cynthia feels when she hears from this long-forgotten child and despite everything that separates them, a genuine bond of trust and love gradually grows between them.
Cast
Brenda Blethyn, Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Crew
Director – Mike Leigh
Screenplay – Mike Leigh
Production Companies – Thin Man Films, CiBy 2000
Producer – Simon, Channing-Williams
Cinematographer – Dick Pope
Production Designer – Alison Chitty
Editor – Jon Gregory
Composer – Andrew Dickson
