Bibliograph

Secrets & lies, CIBY 2000 in association with Channel Four Films present ; a CIBY 2000/Thin Man production ; a Mike Leigh film ; produced by Simon Channing-Williams ; written and directed by Mike Leigh

Type

Label

Secrets & lies, CIBY 2000 in association with Channel Four Films present ; a CIBY 2000/Thin Man production ; a Mike Leigh film ; produced by Simon Channing-Williams ; written and directed by Mike Leigh

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R

Main title

Secrets & lies

Oclc number

64575152

Responsibility statement

CIBY 2000 in association with Channel Four Films present ; a CIBY 2000/Thin Man production ; a Mike Leigh film ; produced by Simon Channing-Williams ; written and directed by Mike Leigh

Runtime

142

Summary

Hortense, an adopted Black woman in London, seeks out her natural birth mother only to discover the woman is white. Equally shocked to learn the daughter she gave up for adoption is Black, Cynthia insists it's a mistake. But she soon realizes it's true. When Cynthia brings her newfound daughter home to meet her family-from-hell, all the secrets and lies, the deceptions and animosities come pouring out

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Secrets and lies