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Film · 0 connectionsSecrets & Lies (1996)
- Drama
- 142 min
- AL age guide
- ★ 7.6/10 from 751 ratings
After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman.
Directed byMike Leigh
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