Best Original Screenplay1997 Film Fan Awards69th Academy Awards
Best Original Screenplay Nominee
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Nominated Talent & Credits
Mike Leigh— Mike Leigh
Synopsis / Overview
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.
Historical Academy Record
WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) — 69th Academy Awards (1997)
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