Directed by:
Mike LeighScreenplay:
Mike LeighCinematography:
Dick PopeComposer:
Andrew DicksonCast:
Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Phyllis Logan, Claire Rushbrook, Elizabeth Berrington, Michele Austin, Lesley Manville, Ron Cook (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
After her adoptive parents die, a young black woman seeks out her natural birth mother, only to discover her mother is white, thus setting in motion the revelation of a whole series of secrets and lies. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Sheila Kelley
UK
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Secrets & Lies (1996)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
Wish You Were Here (1987)
Terence Harvey
UK
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Endeavour (2012) (series)
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV movie)
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Grant Masters
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Secrets & Lies (1996)
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Liz Smith
UK
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The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
Between the Sheets (2003) (series)
Hannah Davis
UK
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Secrets & Lies (1996)
Lee Ross
UK
Best movies:
Secrets & Lies (1996)
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The English Patient (1996)
Janice Acquah
Ghana
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Sherlock (2010) (series)
Secrets & Lies (1996)
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Angela Curran
UK
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Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Messiah (2001) (TV movie)
Jonny Coyne
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The Night Of (2016) (series)
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Irina Palm (2006)
Trevor Laird
UK
Best movies:
Secrets & Lies (1996)
One Man, Two Guvnors (2011) (theatrical recording)
Quadrophenia (1979)
Theresa Watson
UK
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Secrets & Lies (1996)
Paddington (2014)
Topsy-Turvy (1999)
Frances Ruffelle
UK
Best movies:
Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary (2010) (theatrical recording)
Secrets & Lies (1996)
The Hiding Place (1975)
Peter Waddington
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Secrets & Lies (1996)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Little Dorrit (1987)
Lucy Sheen
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Prime Suspect 2 (1992) (TV movie)
Stephen Churchett
UK
Best movies:
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Florence Nightingale (1985) (TV movie)
Margery Withers
Argentina
Best movies:
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Onegin (1999)
Swept from the Sea (1997)
Peter Stockbridge
UK
Best movies:
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Elizabeth: The Virgin Queen (1998)
All or Nothing (2002)
Wendy Nottingham
Best movies:
Atonement (2007)
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Babel (2006)