- StatusReleased
- Release Date1996-05-24
- Runtime142 minutes
- TaglineRoxanne drives her mother crazy. Maurice never speaks to his niece. Cynthia has a shock for her family. Monica can't talk to her husband. Hortense has never met her mother.
- Revenue13,417,292$
- GenreDrama
- Production
CompaniesCiBy 2000, Channel Four Films, Thin Man Films - Budget4,500,000$
Movie 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.
Casts
Brenda Blethyn
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Timothy Spall
Phyllis Logan
Claire Rushbrook
Lee Ross
Lesley Manville
Elizabeth Berrington
Michele Austin
Ron Cook
Trevor Laird
Brian Bovell
Emma Amos
Clare Perkins
Janice Acquah
Terence Harvey
Richard Syms
Grant Masters
Lucy Sheen
Frances Ruffelle
Nitin Ganatra
David Neilson
Paul Trussell
Jonny Coyne
Peter Wight
Gary McDonald
Alison Steadman
Liz Smith
Angela Curran
Linda Beckett
Phil Davis
Wendy Nottingham
Anthony O'Donnell
Ruth Sheen
Mia Soteriou
Stephen Churchett
