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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.
7.6(757)19962h 22m
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.
- Director
- Mike Leigh
- Writers
- Mike Leigh
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Cast
Brenda Blethyn
Cynthia Rose Purley
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Hortense Cumberbatch
Timothy Spall
Maurice Purley
Phyllis Logan
Monica Purley
Claire Rushbrook
Roxanne Purley
Lee Ross
Paul
Lesley Manville
The Social Worker
Elizabeth Berrington
Jane
Michele Austin
Dionne
Ron Cook
Stuart
Trevor Laird
Hortense's Brother
Brian Bovell
Hortense's Brother
Emma Amos
Girl with Scar
Clare Perkins
Hortense's Sister in Law
Elias Perkins McCook
Hortense's Nephew
Jane Mitchell
Senior Optician (as June Mitchell)
Janice Acquah
Junior Optician
Keylee Jade Flanders
Girl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)
Hannah Davis
First Bride
Terence Harvey
First Bride's Father
Kate O'Malley
Second Bride
Joe Tucker
Groom
Richard Syms
Vicar
Grant Masters
Best Man
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Crew
Directing
- Mike LeighDirector
- Zerlina HughesThird Assistant Director
- Jennie OsbornFirst Assistant Director
- Josh RobertsonSecond Assistant Director
- Chris RoseFirst Assistant Director
- Heather StorrScript Supervisor
- Paula SpinksAssistant Director
Writing
- Mike LeighWriter
Production
- Simon Channing WilliamsProducer
- Susie ParrissCasting
- Paddy SternCasting
- Georgina LoweProduction Supervisor
- Mark MostynLocation Manager
- Phillip KennyProduction Executive
- Will TylerProduction Accountant
- Sarah TrowseAssistant Accountant
- Stephanie FaugierProduction Coordinator
Camera
- Dick PopeDirector of Photography
- Lucy BristowFocus Puller
- Simon MeinStill Photographer
Editing
- Jon GregoryEditor
- Kate MackenzieFirst Assistant Editor
- Ian SeymourFirst Assistant Editor
Sound
- Andrew DicksonOriginal Music Composer
- George RichardsSound Recordist
- Orin BeatonBoom Operator
- Mick BoggisSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Loveday HardingBoom Operator
- Derek HoldingADR Editor
- Derek LomasDialogue Editor
- Peter MaxwellSound Re-Recording Mixer
- George RichardsSound Recordist
- Ted SwanscottADR Mixer
- Ted SwanscottFoley Mixer
- William TrentFoley Editor
Art
- Alison ChittyProduction Design
- Eve StewartArt Direction
- Hilly BenjaminAssistant Art Director
- Nick RoseProperty Master
- Chris AlliesTitle Designer
- Nick OrlandeConstruction Manager
Costume & Make-Up
- Maria PriceCostume Design
- Allison WyldeckCostume Supervisor
- Jacki ThomasWardrobe Assistant
- Christine BlundellMakeup Artist
- Kirstin ChalmersAssistant Hairstylist
- Kirstin ChalmersAssistant Makeup Artist
Crew
- Richard BlackmoreGenerator Operator
Lighting
- Alan CosterElectrician
- Marco di GiulioElectrician
- Martin DuncanGaffer