Secrets & Lies (1997)

02/20/1997 2h 22m

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.

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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.

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Cast Ages at Release

Brenda Blethyn

as Cynthia Rose Purley

Born 02/20/1946, age

Marianne Jean-Baptiste

as Hortense Cumberbatch

Born 04/26/1967, age

Timothy Spall

as Maurice Purley

Born 02/27/1957, age

Phyllis Logan

as Monica Purley

Born 01/11/1956, age

Claire Rushbrook

as Roxanne Purley

Born 08/25/1971, age

Lesley Manville

as The Social Worker

Born 03/12/1956, age

Alison Steadman

as Woman with Dog

Born 08/26/1946, age

Phil Davis

as Man in Suit

Born 07/30/1953, age

Ruth Sheen

as Laughing Woman

Born 01/01/1952, age