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