Secrets & Lies

Name: Secrets & Lies
Director: Mike Leigh
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1996

1996

IMDb

Mike Leigh

1996·R·

United Kingdom, France

France

Award tierGold

Metascore

Comedy Drama Indie

Following the death of her adoptive parents, a successful young black optometrist establishes contact with her biological mother -- a lonely white factory worker living in poverty in East London.

Cast

Timothy Spall·Phyllis Logan·Brenda Blethyn·Claire Rushbrook

Producers

Simon Channing Williams

Languages

English

Major Awards

9 wins · 9 nominations

Wins (9)

Festival Grand Prize

Cannes Film Festival (1996)

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

Mike Leigh

Cannes Film Festival (1996)

Palme d'Or

Mike Leigh

Best Picture

Goya Awards (1997)

Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea)

Mike Leigh

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (1996)

Best Picture

London Critics Circle Film Awards (1997)

British Film of the Year

Best Director

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (1996)

Best Director

Mike Leigh

London Critics Circle Film Awards (1997)

British Director of the Year

Mike Leigh

Best Screenplay

BAFTA Awards (1997)

Best Screenplay - Original

Mike Leigh

Best Actress

Cannes Film Festival (1996)

Best Actress

Brenda Blethyn

Nominations (9)

Best Picture

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA (1997)

Best Film

BAFTA Awards (1997)

Best Film

Mike LeighSimon Channing Williams

César Awards, France (1997)

Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)

Mike Leigh

European Film Awards (1996)

European Film of the Year

Simon Channing Williams

Golden Globes, USA (1997)

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Academy Awards, USA (1997)

Best Picture

Simon Channing Williams

Best Director

Academy Awards, USA (1997)

Best Director

Mike Leigh

Best Screenplay

Writers Guild of America, USA (1997)

Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

Mike Leigh

Best Actress

Academy Awards, USA (1997)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Brenda Blethyn