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.
Released: May 24, 1996
Runtime: 142 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Claire Rushbrook, Lee Ross
Crew: Jon Gregory (Editor), Mike Leigh (Director), Simon Channing Williams (Producer), Dick Pope (Director of Photography), Mike Leigh (Writer), Andrew Dickson (Original Music Composer)