Secrets & Lies is a 1996 drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh. Led by an ensemble cast consisting of many Leigh regulars, it stars Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Hortense, a well-educated black middle-class London optometrist, who was adopted as a baby and has chosen to trace her family history – and discovers that her birth mother, Cynthia, played by Brenda Blethyn, is a working-class white woman with a dysfunctional family. Claire Rushbrook co-stars as Cynthia's other daughter Roxanne, while Timothy Spall and Phyllis Logan portray Cynthia's brother and sister-in-law, who have secrets of their own affecting their everyday family life.
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Directed by Mike Leigh
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Movie Info
Budget
$4,500,000
Box Office
$13,417,292
Themes
Tags
Academy Award, Adoption, British, Cynthia
Attributes
Filming Location: London
Narrative Location: London
Subject: adoption, descent, dysfunctional family, family, family conflict, identity, secrecy
Time Period: 1990s
Narrative Location: London
Subject: adoption, descent, dysfunctional family, family, family conflict, identity, secrecy
Time Period: 1990s
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Hemligheter & lögner
FI, SE
Hemmeligheder & løgne
DK
Hemmeligheder og løgne
DK
Hemmeligheter og løgner
NO
Himitsu to Uso
JP
Lügen und Geheimnisse
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Mystika & psemata
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Mystika kai psemata
GR
Paslaptys ir melagystės
LT
Salaisuuksia & valheita
FI
Salaisuuksia ja valheita
FI
Secretos y mentiras
AR, MX, ES, UY
Secrets & Lies
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Secrets and Lies
NL
Secrets et mensonges
CA, FR
Segredos E Mentiras
BR, PT
Segreti e bugie
IT
Sekrety i kłamstwa
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Sırlar ve yalanlar
TR
Skrivnosti in laži
SI
Tajne i laži
HR, RS
Titkok és hazugságok
HU
Μυστικά και ψέματα
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Таємниці та брехня
UA
Тайни и лъжи
BG
Тайны и ложь
RU
秘密と嘘
JP
秘密與謊言
TW
비밀과 거짓말
KR