Secrets & Lies

A middle-aged London factory worker is shocked when the mixed-race daughter she gave up at birth decides to track her down. At first she denies she is her mother. All family members become emotional, as everyone’s secrets are exposed.

Views: 396

Genre: Best 90s, Comedy, Drama, Palme d'Or winners

Director: Mike Leigh

Actors: Alison Steadman, Amanda Crossley, Angela Curran, Annie Hayes, Anthony O'Donnell, Brenda Blethyn, Brian Bovell, Claire Rushbrook, Clare Perkins, David Neilson, Denise Orita, Di Sherlock, Elias Perkins McCook, Elizabeth Berrington, Emma Amos, Frances Ruffelle, Gary McDonald, Gordon Winter, Grant Masters, Hannah Davis, Jane Mitchell, Janice Acquah, Jean Ainslie, Joe Tucker, Jonny Coyne, Kate O'Malley, Keylee Jade Flanders, Lee Ross, Lesley Manville, Linda Beckett, Liz Smith, Lucy Sheen, Margery Withers, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Metin Marlow, Mia Soteriou, Michele Austin, Nitin Ganatra, Paul Trussell, Peter Stockbridge, Peter Waddington, Peter Wight, Phil Davis, Phyllis Logan, Rachel Lewis, Richard Syms, Ron Cook, Ruth Sheen, Sheila Kelley, Stephen Churchett, Su Elliott, Terence Harvey, Theresa Watson, Timothy Spall, Trevor Laird, Wendy Nottingham

Country: France, United Kingdom

Company: Bluebush Productions, Channel Four Films, CiBy 2000, Thin Man Films

Awards: Nominated for 5 Oscars, 36 wins & 47 nominations total

Budget: $4,500,000

Worldwide Gross: $13,417,292

Duration: 02:22 2h 22min

Release: 1996

Release Date: 1996-05-24

IMDb: 8

TMDB: 7.555

Rotten Tomatoes: 96%

Metacritic: 92

FilmAffinity: 7.7