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.
1996 · R · 2h 22m · Drama
Genres: Drama
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
Music by: Andrew Dickson
Cinematography: Dick Pope
Editor: Jon Gregory
Box office: $13M · Budget: $5M · Rated 7.6/10 by 746 viewers