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Secrets & Lies (1996)
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25 October 1996 (USA) moreTagline:
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.Plot:
Successful black woman traces her birth mother to a lower-class white woman, who denies it; emotions run high as everyone's secrets are exposed. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 29 wins & 20 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Producer Channing-Williams Dead (From WENN. 14 April 2009, 5:05 AM, PDT)
British Filmmakers Rebuff Hollywood
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 13 January 1998)
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'One of the families favourite films' more (109 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Timothy Spall | ... | Maurice Purley |
 | Phyllis Logan | ... | Monica Purley |
 | Brenda Blethyn | ... | Cynthia Rose Purley |
 | Claire Rushbrook | ... | Roxanne Purley |
| Marianne Jean-Baptiste | ... | Hortense Cumberbatch |
| Elizabeth Berrington | ... | Jane |
| Michele Austin | ... | Dionne |
| Lee Ross | ... | Paul |
 | Lesley Manville | ... | Social Worker |
| Ron Cook | ... | Stuart |
| Emma Amos | ... | Girl with Scar |
| Brian Bovell | ... | Hortense's Brother |
| Trevor Laird | ... | Hortense's Brother |
| Claire Perkins | ... | Hortense's Sister-in-Law (as Clare Perkins) |
| Elias Perkins McCook | ... | Hortense's Nephew |
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Rated R for language.Parents Guide:
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142 min | USA:136 minLanguage:
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Dolby SRCertification:
Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Belgium:KT | Chile:14 | Finland:S | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:AL | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:7 | UK:15 | USA:RFun Stuff
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Most of the script was improvised. Writer/director Mike Leigh told each of the actors what his/her part in the story was and they each developed their own characters. moreSoundtrack:
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'Secrets and lies' is one of the families favourite films. A real-life drama full of interest, lightened with splashes of comedy, and has an almost 'documentary' feel thanks to a great cast.
I can feel for every character in the movie, even the boozy previous owner of the photography studio.
If I had made a movie, I would like it to have been 'Secrets and Lies'.