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.
Director
Brenda Blethyn
Cynthia Rose Purley
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Hortense Cumberbatch
Timothy Spall
Maurice Purley
Phyllis Logan
Monica Purley
Claire Rushbrook
Roxanne Purley
Lee Ross
Paul
Lesley Manville
The Social Worker
Elizabeth Berrington
Jane
Michele Austin
Dionne
Ron Cook
Stuart
Trevor Laird
Hortense's Brother
Brian Bovell
Emma Amos
Girl with Scar
Clare Perkins
Hortense's Sister in Law
Janice Acquah
Junior Optician
Terence Harvey
First Bride's Father
Richard Syms
Vicar
Grant Masters
Best Man
Lucy Sheen
Nurse
Frances Ruffelle
Young Mother
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StatusReleased: 29 years agoMay 24, 1996
LanguageEnglish
Spoken LanguagesEnglish
Budget$4.5M
Revenue$13.4M