Secrets and Lies (1995)
Country: GB
Technical: col 140m
Director: Mike Leigh
Cast: Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Brenda Blethyn, Claire Rushbrook, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Lee Ross
Synopsis:
When an adopted child seeks out her real mother, family secrets emerge painfully.
Review:
As observant as Leigh's best work, but a touch warmer and more human, to the point of a somewhat over-didactic finale. It appealed all the more to the US market.
Country: GB
Technical: col 140m
Director: Mike Leigh
Cast: Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Brenda Blethyn, Claire Rushbrook, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Lee Ross
Synopsis:
When an adopted child seeks out her real mother, family secrets emerge painfully.
Review:
As observant as Leigh's best work, but a touch warmer and more human, to the point of a somewhat over-didactic finale. It appealed all the more to the US market.
Country: GB
Technical: col 140m
Director: Mike Leigh
Cast: Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Brenda Blethyn, Claire Rushbrook, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Lee Ross
Synopsis:
When an adopted child seeks out her real mother, family secrets emerge painfully.
Review:
As observant as Leigh's best work, but a touch warmer and more human, to the point of a somewhat over-didactic finale. It appealed all the more to the US market.