Secrets & Lies

Name: Secrets & Lies
Director: Mike Leigh
Released: 1996-05-24

1996 · 2h 22m

5Noms

Directed by Mike Leigh

Synopsis

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.

Awards

69th Academy Awards· 1997

Actress in a Leading RoleBrenda Blethyn
Actress in a Supporting RoleMarianne Jean-Baptiste
Best PictureSimon Channing Williams
DirectingMike Leigh
Writing (Original)Mike Leigh

Details

Released: 24 May 1996
Runtime: 2h 22m
Director: Mike Leigh
Writers: Mike Leigh
Budget: $4,500,000
Box office: $13,417,292
Countries: United Kingdom, France
Languages: Greek, English
Production: CiBy 2000, Thin Man Films, Film4 Productions

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Cast

Brenda BlethynNominated
Marianne Jean-BaptisteNominated
Timothy Spall
Phyllis Logan
Claire Rushbrook
Lee Ross
Lesley Manville
Elizabeth Berrington
Michele Austin
Ron Cook