Directed by:
Mike LeighScreenplay:
Mike LeighCinematography:
Dick PopeComposer:
Andrew DicksonCast:
Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Phyllis Logan, Claire Rushbrook, Elizabeth Berrington, Michele Austin, Lesley Manville, Ron Cook (more)Plots(1)
After her adoptive parents die, a young black woman seeks out her natural birth mother, only to discover her mother is white, thus setting in motion the revelation of a whole series of secrets and lies. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Timothy Spall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271670_fda240.jpg)
Timothy Spall
UK
Best movies:
The King's Speech (2010)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
The Last Samurai (2003)
![Brenda Blethyn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/054/164054963_e6ce43.jpg)
Brenda Blethyn
UK
Best movies:
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie)
Atonement (2007)
Between the Sheets (2003) (series)
![Marianne Jean-Baptiste](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/880/159880203_2c03a0.jpg)
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
UK
Best movies:
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Secrets & Lies (1996)
New Year's Day (2000)
![Phyllis Logan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/486/486120_bb5608.jpg)
Phyllis Logan
UK
Best movies:
Wallander (2008) (series)
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
![Claire Rushbrook](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/112/160112197_560650.jpg)
Claire Rushbrook
UK
Best movies:
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Inspector George Gently (2007) (series)
Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)
![Elizabeth Berrington](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/078/964/78964260_582707.jpg)
Elizabeth Berrington
UK
Best movies:
Secrets & Lies (1996)
In Bruges (2008)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
![Michele Austin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/587/159587592_dd20ec.jpg)
Michele Austin
Best movies:
National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac (2020) (theatrical recording)
Secrets & Lies (1996)
All or Nothing (2002)
![Lesley Manville](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/409/162409111_154339.jpg)
Lesley Manville
UK
Best movies:
An Adventure in Space and Time (2013) (TV movie)
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Cranford (2007) (series)
![Ron Cook](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/387/162387510_5df3a5.png)
Ron Cook
UK
Best movies:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Chocolat (2000)
Clare Perkins
Best movies:
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Ladybird Ladybird (1994)
Clapham Junction (2007) (TV movie)
Joe Tucker
UK
Best movies:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Wire in the Blood (2002) (series)
![Peter Wight](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281278_f02ee2.jpg)
Peter Wight
UK
Best movies:
Atonement (2007)
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
![Phil Davis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/456/164456212_dfde43.png)
Phil Davis
UK
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
In the Name of the Father (1993)
![Ruth Sheen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/539/158539081_8a4d7f.jpg)
Ruth Sheen
UK
Best movies:
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
A Street Cat Named Bob (2016)
![Nitin Ganatra](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/176/160176096_dcf379.jpg)
Nitin Ganatra
Kenya
Best movies:
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Truly Madly Deeply (1990)
![Alison Steadman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/765/159765046_99b4f3.jpg)
Alison Steadman
UK
Best movies:
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Shirley Valentine (1989)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
![Mia Soteriou](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/602/158602517_431b15.jpg)
Mia Soteriou
Best movies:
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Eastern Promises (2007)
Daniel Deronda (2002) (TV movie)
![Gary McDonald](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/581/161581335_630c8c.jpg)
Gary McDonald
UK
Best movies:
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Wire in the Blood (2002) (series)
All or Nothing (2002)
![Richard Syms](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/869/161869672_c45808.jpg)
Richard Syms
UK
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Hornblower: Duty (2003) (TV movie)
![Anthony O'Donnell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/321/158321535_0d2bc9.jpg)
Anthony O'Donnell
UK
Best movies:
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Skyfall (2012)
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1998) (TV movie)