Secrets & lies / CIBY 2000 in association with Channel Four Films present a CIBY 2000/Thin Man production of a film by Mike Leigh.
After the death of her adoptive mother, Hortense, a young professional black woman, goes in search of her birth mother - the fragile, anxiety-ridden Cynthia. Intrigue turns to bemusement when she discovers that her mother is in fact a working-class white woman living with her surly 20 year-old daugh...
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| Format: | DVD/Blu-Ray |
| Language: | English |
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Hopscotch Entertainment,
[date of publication not identified]
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| Online Access: | Click here to view full credits at IMDb.com |
| Summary: | After the death of her adoptive mother, Hortense, a young professional black woman, goes in search of her birth mother - the fragile, anxiety-ridden Cynthia. Intrigue turns to bemusement when she discovers that her mother is in fact a working-class white woman living with her surly 20 year-old daughter, Roxanne. No one in the family, except Cynthia's successful younger brother Maurice and his wife Monica knows that the teenage Cynthia gave up a child for adoption without ever seeing the baby. As they come to terms with their new-found bond, Cynthia takes Hortense to a family barbecue, which triggers the unravelling of the family's secrets and lies, in a cathartic, emotional sweep. |
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| Item Description: | Catalogued from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1996. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (approximately 142 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm Complete credits available at IMDb.com. |
| Format: | DVD ; 1.85:1 aspect ratio ; 16:9 transfer ; encoded for region 4; PAL. |
| Audience: | Censorship classification (NZ): M Low level offensive language. |
| Production Credits: | Produced by Simon Channing-Williams ; written and directed by Mike Leigh. |