| Title Statement | Secrets & lies [DVD] / October Films ; 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. |
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| Alternative Title(s) | Secrets and lies |
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| Additional Contributors | Leigh, Mike,1943- |
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| Blethyn, Brenda |
| Logan, Phyllis |
| Spall, Timothy |
| Jean-Baptiste, Marianne |
| Rushbrook, Claire |
| Publication | [Beverly Hills, Calif.]: CBS Fox Video/Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2004 |
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| Extent of Item | 1 videodisc (142 min.) |
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| Production Credits | Photography, Dick Pope; editor, Jon Gregory; music, Andrew Dickson. |
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| Performance Credits | Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Phyllis Logan, Marianne Jean- Baptiste, Claire Rushbrook. |
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| Audience & Ratings | Rated R. |
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| Languages | Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired |
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| Awards | Winner of the Cannes Film Festival Awards for Best Picture and Best Actress.
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| Summary | After her adoptive parents die, a young black woman seeks out her natural birth mother only to discover her mother is white. Equally shocked to learn her daughter she gave up for adoption is black, Cynthia insists it's a mistake. But she soon realizes it's true and when she springs her newfound daughter on the rest of the family, the resulting chaos leads to a series of secrets and lies being revealed at last. |
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| Subjects & Genres |
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| By Topic | Foreign films |
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| Films for the hearing impaired |
| Feature films--Great Britain |
| By Location | Great Britain--Race relations--Drama |
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