Storyline

Cynthia lives in London with her sullen street-sweeper daughter. Her brother has been successful with his photographer's business and now lives nearby in a more upmarket house. But Cynthia hasn't even been invited round there after a year. So, all round, she feels rather lonely and isolated. Meanwhile, in another part of town, Hortense, adopted at birth but now grown up, starts to try and trace her mother.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

Plot Keywords

doctor, mother, blue-collar worker, daughter, brother, powerful, tense, funeral, london, backyard, café, family dysfunction, mother/daughter relationship, family history, adoption, class distinctions, friendship, discovery, transformation, 1990s

Short Review

Secrets and Lies is a beautifully constructed sentimental melodrama, with none of the rough edges that Mike Leigh has insisted on in the past.

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Streaming Service

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