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Secrets & Lies is a 1996 drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh.Led by an ensemble cast consisting of many Leigh regulars, it stars Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Hortense, a well-educated black middle-class London optometrist, who was adopted as a baby and has chosen to trace her family history – and discovers that her birth mother, Cynthia, played by Brenda Blethyn, is a working-class ...
Mar 30, 2021 · Twenty-five years ago, Mike Leigh’s Secrets and Lies stormed the film world, winning the Palme d’Or at Cannes and later getting nominated for five Oscars including Best Picture. The film ...
Feb 28, 1997 · Mike Leigh. Writer. Mike Leigh. Stars. Timothy Spall. Brenda Blethyn. Phyllis Logan. See production info at IMDbPro. STREAMING. RENT/BUY. search Amazon. Add to Watchlist. Added by 63.6K users. 190 User reviews. 63 Critic reviews. 92 Metascore. Nominated for 5 Oscars. 36 wins & 47 nominations total.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Mike Leigh
- 1997-02-28
Mar 31, 2021 · Marianne Jean-Baptiste: In a Zoom conversation with film critic Corrina Antrobus, Jean-Baptiste discusses the legacy of Secrets & Lies, how Hortense’s position on the periphery of the Purleys’ family life creates rich opportunities to illuminate both groups of characters, the creation from the ground-up of Hortense, and the unpredictable ...
Christine Blundell. Production supervisor. Georgina Lowe. An expert observer of unembellished humanity, writer-director Mike Leigh reached new levels of expressive power and intricacy with this exploration of the deceptions, small and large, that shape our relationships.
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Director: Mike Leigh. Production: Film Four (UK), CiBy 2000 (France), Thin Man Films; color (Metrocolor), 35mm; running time: 141 minutes. Released 23 April 1996 (Cannes Film Festival), 24 May 1996, United Kingdom. Filmed on location in London, England. Budget: $4.5 million (US).
May 24, 1996 · It was nominated for six Oscars, losing them one by one, but without any demerits. Observing the film very closel... After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to a working class white woman, Cynthia.
