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SECRETS AND LIES
In Competition
- Directed by :
- Mike LEIGH
- Country:
- FRANCE, UNITED KINGDOM
- Duration:
- 142.00 minutes
- Award for Best Actress, 1996
- Palme d'Or, 1996
Synopsis
After the death of her adoptive mother, Hortense, a young black 27 year-old woman, decides to find her real mother. She is surprised, when they finally met, to find that her mother, Cynthia, is white and has a 20 year-old daughter. At first Cynthia is distraught at seeing the daughter she had forgotten about a long time ago, and then proceeds to foster a deep relationship with her. Cynthia is then put to the task of making her family accept the fact that she has a black daughter...
Credits
- Alison CHITTY - Set Designer
- Mike LEIGH - Director
- Mike LEIGH - Screenplay
- Dick POPE (B.S.C.) - Cinematography
- Andrew DICKSON - Music
- Jon GREGORY - Film Editor
Actors
The Official Selection 1996
In Competition
- BREAKING THE WAVES
- COMMENT JE ME SUIS DISPUTÉ...(MA VIE SEXUELLE)
- CRASH
- FARGO
- GOODBYE SOUTH, GOODBYE
- KANSAS CITY
- KAUAS PILVET KARKAAVAT
- LA SECONDA VOLTA
- LE HUITIÈME JOUR
- LES VOLEURS
- PO DI SANGUI
- RIDICULE
- SECRETS AND LIES
- STEALING BEAUTY
- SUNCHASER
- TEMPTRESS MOON
- THE QUIET ROOM
- THE VAN
- TIERRA
- TROIS VIES ET UNE SEULE MORT
- TROP TARD
- UN HÉROS TRÈS DISCRET