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.
Mike LeighDirector
Mike LeighWriter
Dick PopeDirector of Photography
Jon GregoryEditor
Brenda BlethynCynthia Rose Purley
Marianne Jean-BaptisteHortense Cumberbatch
Timothy SpallMaurice Purley
Phyllis LoganMonica Purley
Claire RushbrookRoxanne Purley
Lee RossPaul
Lesley ManvilleThe Social Worker
Elizabeth BerringtonJane
Michele AustinDionne
Ron CookStuart
Trevor LairdHortense's Brother
Brian BovellHortense's Brother
Emma AmosGirl with Scar
Clare PerkinsHortense's Sister in Law
Elias Perkins McCookHortense's Nephew
Jane MitchellSenior Optician (as June Mitchell)
Janice AcquahJunior Optician
Keylee Jade FlandersGirl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)
Hannah DavisFirst Bride
Terence HarveyFirst Bride's Father
Kate O'MalleySecond Bride
Joe TuckerGroom
Richard SymsVicar
Grant MastersBest Man
Annie HayesMother in Family Group
Jean AinslieGrandmother
Lucy SheenNurse
Frances RuffelleYoung Mother
Nitin GanatraPotential Suitor
Metin MarlowConjuror
Su ElliotRaunchy Woman
Amanda CrossleyRaunchy Woman
Di SherlockRaunchy Woman
David NeilsonMan in Suit
Peter WaddingtonMan in Suit
Peter StockbridgeMan in Suit
Rachel LewisGraduate
Paul TrussellGrinning Husband
Jonny CoyneFiance
Denise OritaUneasy Woman
142 minutes
1996-05-24
English
France
United Kingdom
Thin Man Films
CiBy 2000
Film4 Productions
40 days ago
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