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Title: Secrets & Lies (1996)
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| Timothy Spall | ... | Maurice | |
| Phyllis Logan | ... | Monica | |
| Brenda Blethyn | ... | Cynthia | |
| Claire Rushbrook | ... | Roxanne | |
| Marianne Jean-Baptiste | ... | Hortense | |
| Elizabeth Berrington | ... | Jane | |
| Michele Austin | ... | Dionne | |
| Lee Ross | ... | Paul | |
| Lesley Manville | ... | Social Worker | |
| Ron Cook | ... | Stuart | |
| Emma Amos | ... | Girl with Scar | |
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Brian Bovell | ... | Hortense's Brother |
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Trevor Laird | ... | Hortense's Brother |
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Clare Perkins | ... | Hortense's Sister-in-Law |
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Elias Perkins McCook | ... | Hortense's Nephew |
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. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
The way Leigh weaves a story here - no screenplay, just tell the actors what the scenes are supposed to do, give them an outline, but don't give away the punch line or the ending - shows up in the final print. This is cinematic magic, with Blethyn turning in one of the most breathtaking performances ever seen on the silver screen. The transformation into Cynthia Purley is total. Study especially the scene in the cafe in Holborn - story has it these two principals had not met before shooting this scene, and the scene goes on forever, and puts incredible demands on both actors, especially Blethyn, who is simply unreal in her abilities. All do a great job here. This is not a light comedy. It will tear at you, thanks in part to the evocative music, but at the end you will go 'wow' and feel good for having seen it.