![Poster of the movie Secrets & Lies [1996]](/images/posters/1000x1500/52/secrets-and-lies-1996-orig-poster.jpg)
1996 Comedy-drama
2h 16min
R
G
After the death of her adoptive parents, Hortense (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), a successful young black optometrist, seeks out her biological mother, only to discover a shocking truth: her birth mother is Cynthia (Brenda Blethyn), a lonely white factory worker living in poverty in East London. At first, Cynthia denies the claim, but she eventually admits to giving birth to Hortense as a teenager, setting in motion the revelation of a series of long-buried secrets and lies as the two women begin to bond.
| Directed by | Mike Leigh |
| Written by | Mike Leigh |
| Company | October FilmsAlliance Home VideoAlliance Home Video |
| Country | United Kingdom/France |