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Secrets & Lies

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Release Date: Monday, 02 March 2015
Country of Release: United Kingdom
MSRP: £19.99

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Directed by: Mike Leigh

Featuring: Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Brenda Blethyn, Claire Rushbrook, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Elizabeth Berrington, Michele Austin, Lee Ross, Lesley Manville, Ron Cook, Emma Amos, Hannah Davis

Hortense Cumberbatch (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) is a young, black Londoner who, after the death of her adoptive parents, is surprised to discover that her birth mother is in fact white, single mum Cynthia (Brenda Blethyn). After an uncomfortable first meeting, Cynthia strikes up a rapport with Hortense and invites her to the 21st birthday party of her youngest daughter Roxanne (Claire Rushbrook) where she meets Cynthia's brother Maurice (Timothy Spall) and his wife Monica (Phyllis Logan). Mike Leigh's bittersweet comedy was nominated for five Oscars.

Year: 1996
Time: 142 min.