
Secrets & Lies(1996)
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.


“All Hannah wanted was a roommate... instead she got a best friend.”
A young college student in London moves into a flat and becomes best friends with a flatmate; the former moves into her own flat 4 years later but 6 years after their parting, the former returns to London to pay the latter a visit.

Katrin Cartlidge
Hannah Mills

Lynda Steadman
Annie
Kate Byers
Claire

Mark Benton
Ricky Burton

Andy Serkis
Mr. Evans
Joe Tucker
Adrian Spinks
Margo Stanley
Ricky's Nan
Michael Healy
Lecturer
Career Girls is a drama film released in 1997 exploring themes of london, england, college, female friendship, reunion, old friends, reunited friends. Directed by Mike Leigh, it stars Katrin Cartlidge, Lynda Steadman, Kate Byers. A young college student in London moves into a flat and becomes best friends with a flatmate; the former moves into her own flat 4 years later but 6 years after their parting, the former returns to London to pay the latter a visit.
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