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Secrets & Lies

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.

Original title: Secrets & Lies

13

nominations

31%

winning rate

4

wins

British Academy Film Awards #50 - 1997

Award People Status
Best Picture Simon Channing Williams, Mike Leigh - as producer(s)
Outstanding British Film Simon Channing Williams, Mike Leigh Winner
Best Directing Mike Leigh
Best Actor in a Leading Role Timothy Spall
Best Actress in a Leading Role Brenda Blethyn Winner
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Best Original Screenplay Mike Leigh Winner

Academy Awards #69 - 1997

Award People Status
Best Picture Simon Channing Williams - as producer(s)
Best Directing Mike Leigh
Best Actress in a Leading Role Brenda Blethyn
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Best Original Screenplay Mike Leigh

Goya Awards #11 - 1997

Award People Status
Best European Film Winner

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