Lesley Manville
The Social Worker
Secrets & Lies
7.6/10 TMDB1996Drama142 minutes
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.
LE
TI
Timothy Spall
Maurice Purley
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Phyllis Logan
Monica Purley
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Brenda Blethyn
Cynthia Rose Purley
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Phil Davis
Man in Suit
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Ruth Sheen
Laughing Woman
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Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Hortense Cumberbatch
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Alison Steadman
Woman with Dog
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Liz Smith
Woman with Cat
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Elizabeth Berrington
Jane
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Lee Ross
Paul
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Peter Wight
Father in Family Group
9 videos
Secrets & Lies Q&A | Mike Leigh in Conversation
Featurette
Channel 4 Promo
Teaser
Mike Leigh on the Making of Secrets & Lies
Featurette
Official Trailer
Trailer
United States TV Spot
Teaser
Director's Cut: Mike Leigh on Secrets and Lies - Film 2011 With Claudia Winkleman - BBC
Featurette
Main Title Sequence
Clip
Photo Studio Scene
Clip
Brenda Blethyn on Secrets & Lies
Featurette
Drama
142 minutes
English
United Kingdom
May 24, 1996
RATINGS
7.6/10
TMDB's User Score
697 votes