Secrets & Lies

Name: Secrets & Lies
Director: Mike Leigh
Released: 1996
Duration: 142 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Phyllis Logan, Claire Rushbrook, Marianne Jean-Baptiste

1996 · 142 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · 49,193 VOTES · DIR. Mike Leigh

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 2,072 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:03:24 That's it. Okay.

00:09:28 We'll pop this one in then.

00:15:10 Scintillating.

00:20:49 I'll have to pop in. You can give me a test.

00:27:04 and we'll get the ball rolling.

00:34:22 - I've got stuff to sort out. - What?

00:40:49 - Stenciling. - What, drawing?

00:47:04 Look at you.

00:54:14 See you later.

01:01:15 Um...

01:08:56 - Why not? - Well, look at me.

01:15:19 I didn't have no choice.

01:21:25 Can you shut the door, please?

01:25:32 Yup.

01:30:28 - I used to do 140! - What, personally?

01:35:12 Couple of kids. D'you want babies?

01:40:17 Listen, Maurice, sweetheart -

01:44:14 Hello, sweetheart.

01:47:26 She asked if she could bring a friend from work.

01:50:32 - Hortense? - Please.

01:53:46 - Here you are. - Oi, greedy guts!

01:57:44 Eh?

02:03:15 But she needs you.

02:08:43 I wish I'd had a dad like you.

Cast & Characters

Timothy Spall Maurice Brenda Blethyn Cynthia Phyllis Logan Monica Claire Rushbrook Roxanne Marianne Jean-Baptiste Hortense Cumberbatch Elizabeth Berrington Jane Michele Austin Dionne Lee Ross Paul Lesley Manville Social Worker Ron Cook Stuart

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed2,072

Dialogue density14.6 lines / min

First line00:03:24

Final line02:08:43

Production Record

DirectorMike Leigh

LanguageEnglish

Budget$4,500,000

Revenue$13,417,292

IMDb votes49,193