Secrets & Lies
1996
****
Director: Mike Leigh
Cast: Brenda Blethyn, Timothy Spall, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Phyllis Logan
Mike Leigh's best known work is a delightful multi-character drama about a young black woman who tries to track down her biological mother. This is another finely constructed and strongly acted film. Brenda Blethyn is phenomenal as the working class mother.
