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  1. 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 ...

  2. Secrets & Lies (1996) Secrets & Lies (1996) View more photos Movie Info Synopsis After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), a successful black eye doctor, seeks out her ...

    • (649)
    • Mike Leigh
    • R
    • Timothy Spall
  3. Jan 28, 2009 · Every camera setup, every closeup, the size and timing of every closeup, the editing of the whole, works to unfold the scene powerfully. Material enough for a season of soap opera is handled in several minutes and never seems forced or arbitrary. The tricky thing with many Leigh films is to process the comedy.

  4. 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.

    • (46K)
    • Comedy, Drama
    • Mike Leigh
    • 1997-02-28
  5. Oct 25, 1996 · Roger Ebert October 25, 1996. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Moment after moment, scene after scene, “Secrets & Lies” unfolds with the fascination of eavesdropping.

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  7. Born from a painstaking process of rehearsal and improvisation with a powerhouse ensemble cast, Secrets & Lies is a Palme d’Or–winning tour de force of sustained tension and catharsis that lays bare the emotional fault lines running beneath everyday lives. Film Info. Spine #1070. DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES.

  8. British dysfunctional family dramedy has strong language. Read Common Sense Media's Secrets & Lies review, age rating, and parents guide.

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