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.
Cast
Brenda Blethyn
Cynthia Rose Purley
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Hortense Cumberbatch
Timothy Spall
Maurice Purley
Phyllis Logan
Monica Purley
Claire Rushbrook
Roxanne Purley
Lee Ross
Paul
Lesley Manville
The Social Worker
Elizabeth Berrington
Jane
Michele Austin
Dionne
Ron Cook
Stuart
Trevor Laird
Hortense's Brother
Brian Bovell
Hortense's Brother
Emma Amos
Girl with Scar
Clare Perkins
Hortense's Sister in Law
Elias Perkins McCook
Hortense's Nephew
Jane Mitchell
Senior Optician (as June Mitchell)
Janice Acquah
Junior Optician
Keylee Jade Flanders
Girl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)
Hannah Davis
First Bride
Terence Harvey
First Bride's Father
Kate O'Malley
Second Bride
Joe Tucker
Groom
Richard Syms
Vicar
Grant Masters
Best Man
Annie Hayes
Mother in Family Group
Jean Ainslie
Grandmother
Lucy Sheen
Nurse
Frances Ruffelle
Young Mother
Nitin Ganatra
Potential Suitor
Metin Marlow
Conjuror
Su Elliot
Raunchy Woman
Amanda Crossley
Raunchy Woman
Di Sherlock
Raunchy Woman
David Neilson
Man in Suit
Peter Waddington
Man in Suit
Peter Stockbridge
Man in Suit
Rachel Lewis
Graduate
Paul Trussell
Grinning Husband
Jonny Coyne
Fiance
Denise Orita
Uneasy Woman
Margery Withers
Elderly Lady
Gordon Winter
Laughing Man
Theresa Watson
Daughter
Peter Wight
Father in Family Group
Gary McDonald
Boxer
Alison Steadman
Woman with Dog
Liz Smith
Woman with Cat
Sheila Kelley
Fertile Mother
Angela Curran
Little Boy's Mother
Linda Beckett
Pin Up Housewife
Phil Davis
Man in Suit
Wendy Nottingham
Glum Woman
Anthony O'Donnell
Uneasy Man
Ruth Sheen
Laughing Woman
Mia Soteriou
Fiancee
Stephen Churchett
Man in Suit
Crew
Mike Leigh
Director, Writer
Jon Gregory
Editor
Dick Pope
Director of Photography
Jennie Osborn
First Assistant Director
Chris Rose
First Assistant Director
Josh Robertson
Second Assistant Director
Zerlina Hughes
Third Assistant Director
Paula Spinks
Assistant Director
Stephanie Faugier
Production Coordinator
Georgina Lowe
Production Supervisor
Simon Channing Williams
Producer
Alison Chitty
Production Design
Susie Parriss
Casting
Paddy Stern
Casting
Allison Wyldeck
Costume Supervisor
Maria Price
Costume Design
Jacki Thomas
Wardrobe Assistant
Kirstin Chalmers
Assistant Hairstylist, Assistant Makeup Artist
Christine Blundell
Makeup Artist
Hilly Benjamin
Assistant Art Director
Mick Boggis
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Peter Maxwell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
George Richards
Sound Recordist
George Richards
Sound Recordist
Orin Beaton
Boom Operator
Loveday Harding
Boom Operator
William Trent
Foley Editor
Ted Swanscott
Foley Mixer, ADR Mixer
Derek Holding
ADR Editor
Andrew Dickson
Original Music Composer
Will Tyler
Production Accountant
Sarah Trowse
Assistant Accountant
Derek Lomas
Dialogue Editor
Nick Orlande
Construction Manager
Simon Mein
Still Photographer
Heather Storr
Script Supervisor
Alan Coster
Electrician
Marco di Giulio
Electrician
Mark Mostyn
Location Manager
Nick Rose
Property Master
Martin Duncan
Gaffer
Chris Allies
Title Designer
Phillip Kenny
Production Executive
Lucy Bristow
Focus Puller
Richard Blackmore
Generator Operator
Eve Stewart
Art Direction
Kate Mackenzie
First Assistant Editor
Ian Seymour
First Assistant Editor
