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Secrets & Lies poster
A
Excellent
MASTER SCORE 74.1 / 100
1996·Comedy / Drama·2h 16m

SECRETS & LIES

“Roxanne drives her mother crazy. Maurice never speaks to his niece. Cynthia has a shock for her family. Monica can't talk to her husband. Hortense has never met her mother.”

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.

Above the Line
Mike Leigh·DirectorMike Leigh·WriterDick Pope·Director of PhotographyAndrew Dickson·Original Music ComposerJon Gregory·Editor
Cast
Brenda Blethyn·Cynthia Rose PurleyMarianne Jean-Baptiste·Hortense CumberbatchTimothy Spall·Maurice PurleyPhyllis Logan·Monica PurleyClaire Rushbrook·Roxanne PurleyLee Ross·PaulLesley Manville·The Social WorkerElizabeth Berrington·JaneMichele Austin·DionneRon Cook·Stuart
Full Crew
(30 credits)
Directing· 5
Mike Leigh·DirectorZerlina Hughes·Third Assistant DirectorJennie Osborn·First Assistant DirectorJosh Robertson·Second Assistant DirectorChris Rose·First Assistant Director
Writing· 1
Mike Leigh·Writer
Camera· 1
Dick Pope·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Jon Gregory·Editor
Sound & Music· 12
Andrew Dickson·Original Music ComposerGeorge Richards·Sound RecordistOrin Beaton·Boom OperatorMick Boggis·Sound Re-Recording MixerLoveday Harding·Boom OperatorDerek Holding·ADR EditorDerek Lomas·Dialogue EditorPeter Maxwell·Sound Re-Recording MixerGeorge Richards·Sound RecordistTed Swanscott·ADR MixerTed Swanscott·Foley MixerWilliam Trent·Foley Editor
Art & Design· 5
Maria Price·Costume DesignAlison Chitty·Production DesignEve Stewart·Art DirectionHilly Benjamin·Assistant Art DirectorNick Rose·Property Master
Production· 4
Simon Channing Williams·ProducerSusie Parriss·CastingPaddy Stern·CastingGeorgina Lowe·Production Supervisor
Other Departments· 1
Richard Blackmore·Generator Operator
By the Numbers
74.1
OF 100
Master Score
8.0
OF 10
IMDb
96%
CRITICS
Rotten Tomatoes
$13M
ROI 198%
Worldwide Gross
0
5 NOMS
Oscar Wins
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Poster DNA

THE VISUAL DECONSTRUCTION

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Dominant Palette
3 colors
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#F0F0F0
#87CEEB
Mood
Friendly, Inviting, Formal
Composition
Layered
Era
2010s
Visual Style
Photographic

“A movie poster features a large group of eleven individuals, predominantly adults, arranged in a layered, upward-sloping composition against a light blue sky an”

dramacomedy
Atmosphere
Bright
Color Mood
Mixed
Setting
Urban
Design Score
7/10
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