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Synopsis
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.
Release windows
When & where
US
- In CinemasFri, Sep 27, 1996New York Film Festival
- Streaming / DigitalFri, Jan 21, 2022Kanopy
- PhysicalTue, Apr 15, 1997VHS
GB
- In CinemasFri, May 24, 1996
- PhysicalMon, Sep 29, 1997VHS
- TVSun, Apr 12, 1998Channel 4
CA
- In CinemasFri, Sep 27, 1996
- TVSat, Feb 9, 2002Showcase
AU
- In CinemasThu, Sep 5, 1996
FR
- In CinemasFri, May 10, 1996Cannes Film Festival
- PhysicalMon, Sep 1, 1997VHS
DE
- In CinemasThu, Sep 12, 1996
JP
- In CinemasSat, Dec 21, 1996
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Cast
Top of the call sheet
Brenda Blethyn
as Cynthia Rose Purley
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
as Hortense Cumberbatch
Timothy Spall
as Maurice Purley
Phyllis Logan
as Monica Purley
Claire Rushbrook
as Roxanne Purley
Lee Ross
as Paul
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