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Secrets & Lies

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.

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Secrets & Lies

May 24, 1996
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Cast (56)

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
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
Grant Masters
Best Man
Annie Hayes
Mother in Family Group
Jean Ainslie
Grandmother
Frances Ruffelle
Young Mother
Nitin Ganatra
Potential Suitor
Metin Marlow
Conjuror
Su Elliot
Raunchy Woman
Amanda Crossley
Raunchy Woman
Di Sherlock
Raunchy Woman
David Neilson
Man in Suit
Peter Waddington
Man in Suit
Peter Stockbridge
Man in Suit
Rachel Lewis
Graduate
Paul Trussell
Grinning Husband
Jonny Coyne
Fiance
Denise Orita
Uneasy Woman
Margery Withers
Elderly Lady
Gordon Winter
Laughing Man
Theresa Watson
Daughter
Peter Wight
Father in Family Group
Alison Steadman
Woman with Dog
Liz Smith
Woman with Cat
Sheila Kelley
Fertile Mother
Angela Curran
Little Boy's Mother
Linda Beckett
Pin Up Housewife
Phil Davis
Man in Suit
Wendy Nottingham
Glum Woman
Anthony O'Donnell
Uneasy Man
Ruth Sheen
Laughing Woman
Mia Soteriou
Fiancee
Stephen Churchett
Man in Suit

Crew (48)

Directing

Mike Leigh
Director
Chris Rose
First Assistant Director
Heather Storr
Script Supervisor
Zerlina Hughes
Third Assistant Director
Paula Spinks
Assistant Director
Josh Robertson
Second Assistant Director

Writing

Mike Leigh
Writer

Production

Mark Mostyn
Location Manager
Georgina Lowe
Production Supervisor
Will Tyler
Production Accountant
Sarah Trowse
Assistant Accountant
Paddy Stern
Casting
Phillip Kenny
Production Executive
Stephanie Faugier
Production Coordinator

Sound

Andrew Dickson
Original Music Composer
Derek Holding
ADR Editor
William Trent
Foley Editor
Peter Maxwell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Derek Lomas
Dialogue Editor
Mick Boggis
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Orin Beaton
Boom Operator
Ted Swanscott
Foley Mixer
George Richards
Sound Recordist
Loveday Harding
Boom Operator
George Richards
Sound Recordist
Ted Swanscott
ADR Mixer

Art

Chris Allies
Title Designer
Alison Chitty
Production Design
Nick Rose
Property Master
Eve Stewart
Art Direction
Nick Orlande
Construction Manager

Camera

Simon Mein
Still Photographer
Lucy Bristow
Focus Puller
Dick Pope
Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Allison Wyldeck
Costume Supervisor
Kirstin Chalmers
Assistant Hairstylist
Jacki Thomas
Wardrobe Assistant
Maria Price
Costume Design
Kirstin Chalmers
Assistant Makeup Artist
Christine Blundell
Makeup Artist

Crew

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Editing

Jon Gregory
Editor
Kate Mackenzie
First Assistant Editor
Ian Seymour
First Assistant Editor

Lighting

Alan Coster
Electrician
Marco di Giulio
Electrician

Visual Effects

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