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10The way the two women play this scene is fascinating. They're acting in real time, creating a new relationship on the spot, Cynthia feeling the first inner stirrings of this daughter...when her layabout Roxanne is a street sweeper.
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8The result is hilarious, as touching a film as any Leigh has made.
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What is Secrets & Lies about? 
Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her biological mother after her adoptive mother's death. She discovers her mother, Cynthia, is a white woman living in a working-class neighborhood. Despite their initial hesitation, the two form a friendship, but their relationship becomes complicated when Hortense attends a family gathering and reveals her true identity to Cynthia's daughter Roxanne.
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What movies are similar to Secrets & Lies?
Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Secrets & Lies include The Shawshank Redemption, American Beauty, Fight Club, Magnolia, Good Will Hunting, Erin Brockovich.
When was Secrets & Lies released in theaters?
Secrets & Lies was released in theaters on May 24, 1996.
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