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

Format Video (DVD)
Publication InfoBeverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2004]
Description1 videodisc (approximately 142 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
DVD-Video discs.
Adoptees--Drama.
Birthmothers--Drama.
Racially mixed people--England --London --Drama.
Deception--Drama.
Dysfunctional families--England --London --Drama.
London (England)--Social life and customs --Drama.
Other author/creatorLeigh, Mike, 1943- director, screenwriter.
Other author/creatorChanning-Williams, Simon producer.
Other author/creatorBlethyn, Brenda, 1946- actor.
Other author/creatorJean-Baptiste, Marianne, actor.
Other author/creatorSpall, Timothy, 1957- actor.
Other author/creatorLogan, Phyllis actor.
Other author/creatorDickson, Andrew composer.
Other author/creatorOctober Films.
Other author/creatorChannel Four Films (Firm)
Other author/creatorCIBY 2000 (Firm)
Other author/creatorThin Man Films (Firm)
Other author/creatorTwentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
Uniform titleSecrets & lies (Motion picture)
Variant title Secrets and lies
Abstract 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.
General noteWidescreen format.
General noteOriginally produced as a motion picture in 1996.
General note"This film has been modified from its original version. It has been formatted to fit this screen."
CreditsPhotographed by Dick Pope ; edited by Jon Gregory ; music by Andrew Dickson.
Cast Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Phyllis Logan, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Claire Rushbrook.
Audience MPAA rating: R.
Technical detailsDVD.
LanguageSoundtrack in English; optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned.
Awards noteCannes Film Festival, 1996: Palm d'Or.
Genre/formFeature films.
Genre/formVideo recordings for the hearing impaired.
UPC 024543130338
Stock numberAV00037501 BWI

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