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Winner of three awards at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival (including Best Actress for Brenda Blethyn, whose performance also garnered an Oscar nomination), SECRETS & LIES is widely acknowledged as Mike Leigh's finest film, and one of the undisputed triumphs of modern British social realism. Cynthia's life has been a long series of painful disappointments. She's single with no romantic prospects and a dead-end job at a box factory. Her daughter Roxanne works as a street sweeper and is chronically bitter. Cynthia helped raise her brother, Maurice, a successful photographer, but she rarely sees him and usually blames his wife, Monica. One day, Cynthia receives a phone call from a woman named Hortense, who claims to be the daughter Cynthia put up for adoption years ago. Cynthia initially reacts with panic, but she agrees to meet Hortense and is surprised to discover that she's a successful and soft-spoken optometrist - and that she's black. The two women quickly form a friendship that gives Cynthia a new source of emotional strength, but when Cynthia decides to introduce the family to her new friend, it forces them to confront the lies and evasions that have kept them apart all these years.Product Identifiers
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Product Key Features
ActorElizabeth Berrington, Lee Ross, Brenda Blethyn, Clare Perkins, Phyllis Logan, Michele Austin, Elias Perkins Mccook, Timothy Spall, Emma Amos, Claire Rushbrook, Ron Cook, Brian Bovell, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Lesley Manville, Trevor Laird
Movie/TV TitleSecrets & Lies
RatingM
DirectorMike Leigh
Release Year1996
FormatDVD
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama
Run Time142 Mins
TypeDvd
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
DistributorMadman Entertainment
Tag LineA film by Mike Leigh
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- 17 Apr, 2019
Nice story with great acting.
The product technically plays as expected. The acting is great as it has some of Britain's great actors. The script is a bit over the top but not terribly so.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 30 May, 2019
Definitely a Five Star
Magnificent movie, a tear jerker, brilliant actors I will be watching it again and againVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 11 Apr, 2019
Well worth watching.
A very good movie.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 24 May, 2016
a great movie with many moods.
Sad ,funny, poignant ,dramatic .This movie has it all with excellent casting and great performances. I could watch it many times and still be moved .Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 14 Jul, 2016
Great movie
Have seen this movie several times and lent it to friends. Great.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
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