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Secrets & Lies
(1996)
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76
NR
2 hr 22 min
May 24th, 1996
Drama
With both her adoptive parents now dead, a black optometrist decides to make contact with her birth mother, but is shocked to find out that she is white.
Director
Mike Leigh
Starring
Brenda Blethyn
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Timothy Spall
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Brenda Blethyn
as Cynthia Rose Purley
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
as Hortense Cumberbatch
Timothy Spall
as Maurice Purley
Phyllis Logan
as Monica Purley
Movie Details
Theatrical Release:
May 24th, 1996
On DVD & Blu-ray:
February 1st, 2005
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Original Language:
English
Production Companies:
Channel Four Films, Thin Man Films, CiBy 2000
Movie Tags:
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reunion
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