Secrets & Lies

1996 · directed by Mike Leigh

Rating

89/100

Hit

yes

Prestige lists

Palme d'Or

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.

Secrets & Lies (1996), directed by Mike Leigh, rates 89/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Brenda Blethyn
• Marianne Jean-Baptiste
• Timothy Spall
• Phyllis Logan
• Claire Rushbrook
• Lee Ross
• Lesley Manville
• Elizabeth Berrington
• Michele Austin
• Ron Cook

Crew

• Dick Pope — Director of Photography
• Jon Gregory — Editor
• Andrew Dickson — Original Music Composer
• Mike Leigh — Writer

More from Mike Leigh

1. Vera Drake (2004) — 80/100 · hit
2. Naked (1993) — 80/100 · hit
3. Life Is Sweet (1991) — 80/100 · hit
4. Another Year (2010) — 78/100
5. Topsy-Turvy (1999) — 78/100
6. High Hopes (1989) — 78/100

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