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Secrets And Lies (DVD, 2001)
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A successful career woman who has just buried her adoptive parents decides to search out her real mother.Product Identifiers
EAN5014138287986
eBay Product ID (ePID)3952032
Product Key Features
ActorTimothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Claire Rushbrook, Phyllis Logan, Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Film/TV TitleSecrets and Lies
DirectorMike Leigh
LanguageEnglish
Subtitle LanguageEnglish
Run Time136 Mins
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
FormatDVD
Release Year2001
FeaturesTheatrical Trailer\Interactive Menus\Scene Index, Widescreen, Closed Caption, With Subtitles
GenreDrama, Comedy
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Hearing ImpairedEnglish
ReviewsRolling Stone - ...Transcendent and moving, not to mention blisteringly funny, SECRETS AND LIES is something very special indeed..., Sight and Sound - ...Moving....Affecting..., Film Comment - ...The piece moves buoyantly, it practically bounces....The mood is contagious; by the end, the viewer is inside this family...
Additional InformationMike Leigh's superlative drama, at once hysterically funny and profoundly sad, examines a wounded contemporary British family. Hortense (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), a young black optometrist, has just buried her beloved adoptive mother. In her sorrow, she embarks on a search for her birth mother, who turns out to be Cynthia (Brenda Blethyn), a white factory worker living a lonely life with her surly daughter Roxanne (Claire Rushbrook). No one in the family, except Cynthia's brother Maurice (Timothy Spall) and his wife Monica (Phyllis Logan), knows that the teenage Cynthia gave up a child for adoption without ever seeing the baby. Hortense contacts Cynthia, and after a heart-wrenching reconciliation, they become best friends. Maurice and Monica, childless but financially secure, are very fond of Roxanne and host a family barbeque to celebrate her twenty-first birthday. Cynthia convinces Hortense to attend the party and meet the family--as a mate from the factory--but during the cake and champagne celebration, the family's secrets and lies emerge in a cathartic, emotional sweep. Leigh's trademark for developing his films' characters and storylines from an intense series of improvisations with the actors themselves reaches its summit with Hortense and Cynthia's reunion in a coffee shop, resulting in another deeply moving portrait of a family at a personal crossroads.
AwardsBest Actress 1996 - Brenda Blethyn
ScreenwriterMike Leigh
Sound sourceDolby Surround
Format DescriptionDVD 9
Movie/TV TitleSecrets And Lies
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- 20 Jun, 2021
Character Lead Film Excellent
Really enjoyed Secrets & Lies and to me didn't seem at all dated definitely still relevant in 2021. I like Brenda Blethyn in ITV series Vera and wanted to check out some of her earlier work. She's such a good actor and so is everybody in this film, brilliantly directed by Mike Leigh, shame not shown on TV very often.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 18 Dec, 2019
Very good
The first dvd didnt work with my player - I didn't bother returning it - just bought another one which did work. You have to take care taking it out of the DVD 'box' - I think I may have damaged the first one removing it from the box. The film was very good - had watched it a few times before down the years and each time it gets better.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 03 Jul, 2020
Secrets and Lies
Well acted, a daughter gets in touch with her birth mother. How difficult it was for an unmarried mother in the 60's to keep her child, especially a very young working class mother. Tim Spall is excellent as the brother also Brenda Blethan as the mother. One of Mike Leigh's best.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 05 Mar, 2020
The title is absolutely right and entices you into the film.
It probably is dated now but I saw this when it first came out and absolutely loved it.For me the story line, the first class actors are wonderful.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 13 Jan, 2025
Movie was fine until last few scenes whe...
Movie was fine until last few scenes when the movie kept freezing.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 30 Sep, 2020
It has to be seen superbly acted
Very good film. Good cast. Worth watchingVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 04 May, 2025
À very good movie
Another good movie from Mike Leigh.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 18 May, 2021
My favourite film of all time
Excellent quality product, brand new. My favourite film of all time very moving.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 18 May, 2018
Brilliant
The dvd I purwas was absolutely worth the price... Been looking for this particular dvd for years...Thank u...Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 23 May, 2018
this is great to watch, down to earth film
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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