Storyline
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.
Principal Cast
Brenda Blethyn
Cynthia Rose Purley
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Hortense Cumberbatch
Timothy Spall
Maurice Purley
Phyllis Logan
Monica Purley
Claire Rushbrook
Roxanne Purley
Lee Ross
Paul
Lesley Manville
The Social Worker
Elizabeth Berrington
Jane
Media Information
DirectorMike Leigh
StatusReleased
Runtime142 min
Genres
Drama
Release Date1996-05-24
LanguageGreek, English
CountryUnited Kingdom, France
Production
CiBy 2000
Thin Man Films
Film4 Productions