Secrets And Lies
1996
A London cab driver uses a photo developing business as an excuse to pry into the lives of his customers, and when he discovers an abandoned baby he sets off a chain of events that reunites a long-fractured family. Mike Leigh directs this compassionate and emotionally rich drama starring Timothy Spall and Brenda Blethyn.
Director
- Mike Leigh
Cast
- Timothy Spall
- Brenda Blethyn
- Phyllis Logan
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste
- Claire Rushbrook
Filming Locations
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Bethnal Green
The modest terraced house of Cynthia Purley (Brenda Blethyn) at Quilter Street in Bethnal Green served as the family home, the setting for the film's central domestic scenes.
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Holborn Underground Station
Hortense (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) meets Cynthia (Brenda Blethyn) outside Holborn Underground Station for their first in-person encounter after making contact, a scene of awkward and emotional recognition.