Secrets & Lies
Roxanne drives her mother crazy. Maurice never speaks to his niece. Cynthia has a shock for her family. Monica can't talk to her husband. Hortense has never met her mother.
1996-05-24 | 142 minutes
Plot Summary
After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman.
Cast
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Brenda BlethynCynthia Rose Purley
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Marianne Jean-BaptisteHortense Cumberbatch
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Timothy SpallMaurice Purley
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Phyllis LoganMonica Purley
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Claire RushbrookRoxanne Purley
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Lee RossPaul
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Lesley ManvilleThe Social Worker
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Elizabeth BerringtonJane
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Michele AustinDionne
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Ron CookStuart
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Trevor LairdHortense's Brother
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Brian BovellHortense's Brother
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Emma AmosGirl with Scar
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Clare PerkinsHortense's Sister in Law
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Janice AcquahJunior Optician
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Terence HarveyFirst Bride's Father
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