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Directed by Mike Leigh

Secrets & Lies

2h 22m

Directed by Mike Leigh • 1996 • United Kingdom

Mike Leigh's Palme D'Or winning family drama concerns a working class woman who is shocked when the mixed-race daughter she gave up at birth tracks her down.

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