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.

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
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Release Date
May 24, 1996
Runtime
2h 22m
Rating
R
Genres
Drama
Director