Secrets and Lies by Mike Leigh
The screenplay of the award-winning film Secrets and Lies which centres around a young black Londoner's search for her biological mother, who turns out to be a depressed, unmarried white woman. The climactic lunch party exposes skeletons in the family closet and leaves the characters shattered, but renewed.
Born in Salford, Manchester, in 1943, Mike Leigh has developed a unique method of creating films through controlled improvisations. After his debut Bleak Moments (1971) he made a succession of admired TV plays, including Abigail's Party and Nuts in May. He then returned to feature films: High Hopes (1988), Life is Sweet (1990), Naked (1993). Secrets and Lies won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1996. Topsy-Turvy (1999) won two Oscars. All or Nothing followed in 2002. Since then he has made the Oscar-nominated Vera Drake (2004), which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) and Another Year (2010). He also did Two Thousand Years for the National Theatre in 2005.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780571192915 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571192912 |
| Title | Secrets and Lies |
| Author | Mike Leigh |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 1997-04-21 |
| Number of pages | 112 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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