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Feb 28, 1997 · Secrets & Lies: Directed by Mike Leigh. With Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Brenda Blethyn, Claire Rushbrook. Following the death of her adoptive parents, a successful young black optometrist establishes contact with her biological mother -- a lonely white factory worker living in poverty in East London.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Mike Leigh
- 1997-02-28
Jan 11, 2024 · My secrets and lies almost killed me. Whether a daughter is lying about seeing a boyfriend or girlfriend that her mom doesn’t approve of, or hiding an eating disorder, there can be serious consequences for hiding the truth. A mom can’t protect her daughter if she doesn’t know what’s going on.
Roxanne, unknown to Cynthia, has a boyfriend named Paul, leading to a heated argument between mother and daughter. Hortense, determined to connect with her birth mother, contacts Cynthia and eventually persuades her to meet.
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Summaries. Following the death of her adoptive parents, a successful young black optometrist establishes contact with her biological mother -- a lonely white factory worker living in poverty in East London. Cynthia lives in London with her sullen street-sweeper daughter. Her brother has been successful with his photographer's business and now ...
Jan 28, 2009 · Hortense ( Marianne Jean-Baptiste) is a black woman, now in her late 20s, an optometrist. After the death of her mother, she decides to seek her birth mother, and the long-held secret of Cynthia's first child is threatened.
Oct 25, 1996 · It would be easy, but wrong, to describe the plot of “Secrets & Lies” as being about an adopted black woman in London who seeks out her natural birth mother, discovers the woman is white, and arranges to meet her.
Maurice Purley's sister is Cynthia Rose Purley (Blethyn), a troubled woman by the secrets she possesses on top of trying to aid her daughter Roxanne (Rushbrook) in her respective coming of age as she sweeps roads for a living and shares an uneasy but strictly balanced relationship with her mother.
