Secrets & Lies
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Secrets & Lies is a 1996 British drama film directed by Mike Leigh that explores family secrets and social class through the story of a white woman who discovers her biological daughter is Black.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Secrets & Lies canonical | 12 |
| 1996 film Secrets & Lies | 1 |
| Secrets & Lies (1996 film) | 1 |
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British drama film
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film ⓘ |
| academyAwardNomination |
Best Actress for Brenda Blethyn
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Best Director for Mike Leigh ⓘ Best Original Screenplay ⓘ Best Picture ⓘ Best Supporting Actress for Marianne Jean-Baptiste ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
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surface form:
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Brenda Blethyn
BAFTA Award for Best Film ⓘ
surface form:
BAFTA Award for Best British Film
BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress ⓘ
surface form:
Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for Brenda Blethyn
Palme d'Or nomination ⓘ
surface form:
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival) – nomination
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| cinematographyBy | Dick Pope ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Mike Leigh ⓘ |
| distributedIn |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| distributor |
Film4 Productions
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surface form:
Channel Four Films
October Films ⓘ |
| editedBy | Jon Gregory ⓘ |
| festivalScreening | Cannes Film Festival ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique | live action ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| hasColorInfo | color ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Cynthia Purley
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Hortense Cumberbatch ⓘ Maurice Purley ⓘ Roxanne Purley ⓘ |
| musicBy | Andrew Dickson ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | naturalistic drama ⓘ |
| notableFor | improvisation-based script development ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Mike Leigh filmography ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A white working-class woman is contacted by the Black daughter she secretly gave up for adoption, exposing long-buried family secrets and tensions around class and race. ⓘ |
| premiereEvent |
Cannes Film Festival
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surface form:
1996 Cannes Film Festival
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| producer | Simon Channing Williams ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Film4 Productions
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surface form:
Channel Four Films
Thin Man Films ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1996-05-24 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 142 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Mike Leigh ⓘ |
| setting |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| starredActor |
Brenda Blethyn
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Claire Rushbrook ⓘ Marianne Jean-Baptiste ⓘ Phyllis Logan ⓘ Timothy Spall ⓘ |
| theme |
adoption
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family secrets ⓘ race and identity ⓘ social class ⓘ |
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Secrets & Lies (1996 film)
subject surface form:
Maurice Purley
subject surface form:
Maurice Purley
this entity surface form:
1996 film Secrets & Lies