Movie · 141 min · 15 · cmy, drm
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.
Where to watch Secrets & Lies
Available on 8 platforms across 1 countries.
Chart positions today
Currently charting in 3 countries, best placed at #648 in Greece.
Chart history
Secrets & Lies has spent 0 days in a top 3, 0 days in a top 10 and 1 days in a top 100 across the markets we track. Its best position anywhere is #75.
Cast
Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Claire Rushbrook, Lee Ross, Lesley Manville, Elizabeth Berrington, Michele Austin, Ron Cook, Trevor Laird, Brian Bovell, Emma Amos, Clare Perkins, Elias Perkins McCook, Jane Mitchell, Janice Acquah, Keylee Jade Flanders
Crew
Mike Leigh (director), Simon Channing Williams (producer), Mike Leigh (writer)
Awards
3 wins from 10 nominations.
- Palme d'Or 1996 — won
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films — won
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films — won
- Academy Award for Best Actress 1997 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Director 1997 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 1997 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Picture 1997 — nominated
- European Film Award for Best Film 1996 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay — nominated