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.
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DIRECTOR
Mike Leigh
WRITER
Mike Leigh
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Dick Pope
EDITOR
Jon Gregory
ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSER
Andrew Dickson
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Alison Chitty
PRODUCER
Simon Channing Williams
ADR EDITOR
Derek Holding
ADR MIXER
Ted Swanscott
ART DIRECTION
Eve Stewart
ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT
Sarah Trowse
ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR
Hilly Benjamin
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Paula Spinks
ASSISTANT HAIRSTYLIST
Kirstin Chalmers
ASSISTANT MAKEUP ARTIST
Kirstin Chalmers
BOOM OPERATOR
Loveday Harding
Orin Beaton
CASTING
Paddy Stern
Susie Parriss
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER
Nick Orlande
COSTUME DESIGN
Maria Price
COSTUME SUPERVISOR
Allison Wyldeck
DIALOGUE EDITOR
Derek Lomas
ELECTRICIAN
Alan Coster
Marco di Giulio
FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Chris Rose
Jennie Osborn
FIRST ASSISTANT EDITOR
Ian Seymour
Kate Mackenzie
FOCUS PULLER
Lucy Bristow
FOLEY EDITOR
William Trent
FOLEY MIXER
Ted Swanscott
GAFFER
Martin Duncan
GENERATOR OPERATOR
Richard Blackmore
LOCATION MANAGER
Mark Mostyn
MAKEUP ARTIST
Christine Blundell
PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANT
Will Tyler
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Stephanie Faugier
PRODUCTION EXECUTIVE
Phillip Kenny
PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
Georgina Lowe
PROPERTY MASTER
Nick Rose
SCRIPT SUPERVISOR
Heather Storr
SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Josh Robertson
SOUND RE-RECORDING MIXER
Mick Boggis
Peter Maxwell
SOUND RECORDIST
George Richards
George Richards
STILL PHOTOGRAPHER
Simon Mein
THIRD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Zerlina Hughes
TITLE DESIGNER
Chris Allies
WARDROBE ASSISTANT
Jacki Thomas
Cannes Film Festival
1996Winner: Palme D'Or
Academy Awards
1997Nominee: Best Actress
Nominee: Best Director
Nominee: Best Supporting Actress
Nominee: Best Picture
1996Nominee: Best Writing, Original Screenplay
National Board Of Review: Top Ten Films
1996Winner: National Board Of Review: Top Ten Films