| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 142 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; Dolby digital surround; widescreen, region 1. |
| Language |
Soundtrack in English; optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned. |
| Cast |
Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Phyllis Logan, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Claire Rushbrook. |
| Credits |
Photographed by Dick Pope ; edited by Jon Gregory ; music by Andrew Dickson. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1996. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| 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. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R. |
| Awards |
Cannes Film Festival, 1996: Palm d'Or. |
| Subject |
Adoptees -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Birthmothers -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Racially mixed people -- England -- London -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Deception -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Dysfunctional families -- England -- London -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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London (England) -- Social life and customs -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Leigh, Mike, 1943- director, screenwriter.
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Channing-Williams, Simon, producer.
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Blethyn, Brenda, 1946- actor.
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Jean-Baptiste, Marianne, actor.
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Spall, Timothy, 1957- actor.
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Logan, Phyllis, actor.
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Dickson, Andrew, composer.
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October Films.
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Channel Four Films (Firm)
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CIBY 2000 (Firm)
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Thin Man Films (Firm)
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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| Added Title |
Secrets and lies |
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Secrets & lies (Motion picture)
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| Standard No. |
024543130338 |
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