Secrets & Lies
Roxanne drives her mother crazy. Maurice never speaks to his niece. Cynthia has a shock for her family. Monica can't talk to her husband. Hortense has never met her mother.
1996 2 hours 22 minutesRoxanne drives her mother crazy. Maurice never speaks to his niece. Cynthia has a shock for her family. Monica can't talk to her husband. Hortense has never met her mother.
1996 2 hours 22 minutes
After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman.
24th May 1996
30 years ago
2 hours 22 minutes
Finishes at 2:45am
$4,500,000 ($9,535,050 today)
Revenue $13,417,292
Nominated for 5 Oscars. 36 wins & 47 nominations total
8/10
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