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SECRETS AND LIES
Palme d'or 1996
, Award for Best Actress 1996
After the death of her adoptive mother, Hortense, a young black 27 year-old woman, decides to find her real mother. She is surprised, when they finally met, to find that her mother, Cynthia, is white and has a 20 year-old daughter. At first Cynthia is distraught at seeing the daughter she had forgotten about a long time ago, and then proceeds to foster a deep relationship with her. Cynthia is then put to the task of making her family accept the fact that she has a black daughter…
Directed by : Mike LEIGH
Country: France, United Kingdom
Duration: 142 minutes
Country: France, United Kingdom
Duration: 142 minutes
Credits
- Mike LEIGH Director
- Mike LEIGH Screenplay
- Dick POPE (B.S.C.) Cinematography
- Andrew DICKSON Music
- Jon GREGORY Editing
- Alison CHITTY Production Design
