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Cast
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Brenda Blethyn | As: Cynthia Rose Purley |
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Marianne Jean-Baptiste | As: Hortense Cumberbatch |
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Timothy Spall | As: Maurice Purley |
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Phyllis Logan | As: Monica Purley |
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Claire Rushbrook | As: Roxanne Purley |
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 a working class white woman, Cynthia.
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Cast
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Brenda Blethyn |
Cynthia Rose Purley |
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Marianne Jean-Baptiste |
Hortense Cumberbatch |
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Timothy Spall |
Maurice Purley |
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Phyllis Logan |
Monica Purley |
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Claire Rushbrook |
Roxanne Purley |
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Lee Ross |
Paul |
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Lesley Manville |
The Social Worker |
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Elizabeth Berrington |
Jane |
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Michele Austin |
Dionne |
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Ron Cook |
Stuart |
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Trevor Laird |
Hortense's Brother |
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Brian Bovell |
Hortense's Brother |
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Emma Amos |
Girl with Scar |
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Clare Perkins |
Hortense's Sister in Law |
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Elias Perkins McCook |
Hortense's Nephew |
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Jane Mitchell |
Senior Optician (as June Mitchell) |
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Janice Acquah |
Junior Optician |
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Keylee Jade Flanders |
Girl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders) |
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Hannah Davis |
First Bride |
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Terence Harvey |
First Bride's Father |
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Kate O'Malley |
Second Bride |
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Joe Tucker |
Groom |
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Richard Syms |
Vicar |
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Grant Masters |
Best Man |
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Annie Hayes |
Mother in Family Group |
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Jean Ainslie |
Grandmother |
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Lucy Sheen |
Nurse |
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Frances Ruffelle |
Young Mother |
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Nitin Ganatra |
Potential Suitor |
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Metin Marlow |
Conjuror |
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Su Elliot |
Raunchy Woman |
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Amanda Crossley |
Raunchy Woman |
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Di Sherlock |
Raunchy Woman |
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David Neilson |
Man in Suit |
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Peter Waddington |
Man in Suit |
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Peter Stockbridge |
Man in Suit |
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Rachel Lewis |
Graduate |
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Paul Trussell |
Grinning Husband |
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Jonny Coyne |
Fiance |
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Denise Orita |
Uneasy Woman |
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Margery Withers |
Elderly Lady |
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Gordon Winter |
Laughing Man |
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Theresa Watson |
Daughter |
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Peter Wight |
Father in Family Group |
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Gary McDonald |
Boxer |
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Alison Steadman |
Woman with Dog |
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Liz Smith |
Woman with Cat |
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Sheila Kelley |
Fertile Mother |
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Angela Curran |
Little Boy's Mother |
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Linda Beckett |
Pin Up Housewife |
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Phil Davis |
Man in Suit |
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Wendy Nottingham |
Glum Woman |
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Anthony O'Donnell |
Uneasy Man |
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Ruth Sheen |
Laughing Woman |
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Mia Soteriou |
Fiancee |
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Stephen Churchett |
Man in Suit |
Directed By
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Mike Leigh |
Director |
Writing Credits
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Mike Leigh |
Writer |
Production Crew
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Simon Channing Williams |
Producer |
Edited By
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Jon Gregory |
Editor |
Costume and Makeup
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Maria Price |
Costume Design |
Sound
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Andrew Dickson |
Original Music Composer |
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George Richards |
Sound Recordist |
Visual Effects
Camera
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Dick Pope |
Director of Photography |
Lighting
Art Department
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Alison Chitty |
Production Design |
Other Crew
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