


“Roxanne drives her mother crazy. Maurice never speaks to his niece. Cynthia has a shock for her family. Monica can't talk to her husband. Hortense has never met her mother.”
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
Mike Leigh
Writers
Mike Leigh
Release Date
May 24, 1996
Runtime
2h 22m
Status
Released
Original Language
en
Vote Count
704


