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Secrets & Lies
1996· R· 2h 22m· Drama
“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.”
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.
1996-05-24
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DirectorMike Leigh
WriterMike Leigh
ProducerSimon Channing Williams
Director of PhotographyDick Pope
Original Music ComposerAndrew Dickson
EditorJon Gregory
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Details
Released1996-05-24
Runtime2h 22m · R
StatusReleased
StudiosCiBy 2000 · Thin Man Films · Film4 Productions
Budget$5M
Box office$13M
LanguagesGreek · English
CountriesUnited Kingdom · France
Rating7.6/10 · 744 votes
Original languageen
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