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Secrets & Lies

Movie · 1996 · 142 min

A slow, talky, deeply human drama that builds to raw emotional confrontations and quiet, cathartic warmth.

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1996 UK film by Mike Leigh
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Year
1996
Runtime
142 min
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • class
  • isolation
  • parenthood
Places
  • big city
  • suburbs
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism9
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Mike Leigh
Written by
Mike Leigh
Starring
Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Lesley Manville, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Phyllis Logan, Liz Smith, Alison Steadman, Claire Rushbrook
Music
Andrew Dickson
Cinematography
Dick Pope
Runtime
142 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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