Segreti e bugie

Titolo originale: Secrets & Lies

1996
T
2h 16min

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Brenda Blethyn and Marianne Jean-Baptiste in Segreti e bugie (1996)

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Comedy Drama

Dopo la morte dei suoi genitori adottivi, una giovane optometrista nera di successo stabilisce un contatto con la madre biologica, una solitaria operaia bianca che vive in povertà a East Lon... Leggi tuttoDopo la morte dei suoi genitori adottivi, una giovane optometrista nera di successo stabilisce un contatto con la madre biologica, una solitaria operaia bianca che vive in povertà a East London.Dopo la morte dei suoi genitori adottivi, una giovane optometrista nera di successo stabilisce un contatto con la madre biologica, una solitaria operaia bianca che vive in povertà a East London.

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Candidato a 5 Oscar
- 36 vittorie e 47 candidature totali

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Secrets & Lies

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To add a spontaneous effect to the performances, Mike Leigh met with each actor individually and only told them what their character would know at the beginning of the film. As filming progressed the actors were hearing the secrets for the very first time.

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A statement of Hortense's suggests that her family comes from Barbados, and a stamp on a letter among her adoptive mother's papers is almost identifiable as Barbadian on my DVD, but when she puts on a West Indian accent in one scene, apparently imitating her mother, it sounds like broad Jamaican or generic "West Indian", certainly not Bajan, which is a very distinctive accent. However, her decision to playfully mock her mother by using a generic accent may have been intentional.

Citazioni
Maurice: Secrets and lies! We're all in pain! Why can't we share our pain? I've spent my entire life trying to make people happy, and the three people I love the most in the world hate each other's guts, and I'm in the middle! I can't take it anymore!

Connessioni
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Extreme Measures/Secrets & Lies/2 Days in the Valley/Caught/Ed's Next Move (1996)

Colonne sonore
Happy Birthday to You
Words by Patty S. Hill & Mildred J. Hill (as Mildred Hill)
© Keith Prowse Music Pub Co. Ltd./EMI
Sung by the family at Roxanne's birthday party

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Recensione in evidenza

10/10

Honesty & Integrity

This is one of my very favorite movies of the last 10, even 20 years. For me, its greatness lies in the resonance of the story lines, the brilliant acting, (Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Timothy Spall all turned in Oscar-worthy turns, and the rest of the ensemble were all with them), and Mike Leigh's direction.

This is a feast of tremendous acting, by a most talented ensemble who really become their characters. The scenes play out very naturally, and you really feel a part of the story, with special empathy towards - in no particular order - Cynthia, Maurice and Hortense. As the film builds towards a showdown/climax at the birthday party, you can even take a step back and at least sympathize with Roxanne and even, Monica.

This rates 10/10 by this reviewer, who wishes that more directors - if they truly have a good story to tell - will shoot and edit the film in a way that appreciates the audience's intelligence and capacity to feel without being manipulated by a director's avant-garde(??) bag of tricks ...for comparison, perhaps see my scathing review of 21 Grams! What a contrast of styles!!!