Secrets and Lies

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"Secrets & Lies"
A Mike Leigh film

Pros	• Top quality acting • Wonderful combination of humor and drama

Cons	• None

The Bottom Line - An excellent film that goes far beyond the surface of an adoption reunion story, into the many secrets and lies we keep.

Product Description

•	Directed by Mike Leigh, 1996
•	Starring Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Timothy Spall
•	VHS, 156 minutes, rated R

An Exceptional Film
Hortense (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), a successful young black woman, decides to search for her birthmother after her mother's death. She contacts a social worker and receives her adoption file. She seeks out and is reconnected with her white birthmother, Cynthia (Blethyn) who is living in a world apart, buried in the past and only vaguely connected to the present. The uncovering of the adoption is just the beginning of the secrets and lies that have kept family members distanced from one another for years.

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