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Secrets & Lies

Movie (1996)

A middle-aged London factory worker (Blethyn) is shocked when the mixed-race daughter she gave up at birth decides to track her down. At first she denies she is her mother. All family members become emotional, as everyone's secrets are exposed.

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Released:	May 24th, 1996
Budget:	$4,500,000.00
Revenue:	N/A

Secrets & Lies Main Cast

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Timothy Spall
plays Maurice Purley

Phyllis Logan
plays Monica Purley

Brenda Blethyn
plays Cynthia Rose Purley

Claire Rushbrook
plays Roxanne Purley

Marianne Jean-Bapt…
plays Hortense Cumberbatch

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Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Brenda Blethyn never met before the scene in which they meet in the film.
The restaurant where Cynthia and Hortense meet for lunch is "Pasta Plus Restaurant", a family-run Italian restaurant on 62 Eversholt Street, Camden, London. The restaurant is still open to the public (Monday to Saturday) and is very close to Euston station.
Most of the script was improvised. Writer/director Mike Leigh told each of the actors what his/her part in the story was and they each developed their own characters.
To add a spontaneous effect to the performances, Mike Leigh met with each actor individually and only told them what their character would know at the beginning of the film. As filming progressed the actors were hearing the secrets for the very first time. Brenda Blethyn, for instance, didn't know that Marianne Jean-Baptiste was black.

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