
About
With both her adoptive parents now dead, a Black optometrist decides to make contact with her birth mother, but is shocked to find out that she is white.
Cast

Timothy Spall
Maurice Purley

Brenda Blethyn
Cynthia Rose Purley

Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Hortense Cumberbatch

Phyllis Logan
Monica Purley

Claire Rushbrook
Roxanne Purley

Lee Ross
Paul

Lesley Manville
The Social Worker

Elizabeth Berrington
Jane

Michele Austin
Dionne
Keywords
Lists
#287 on Empire's 500 Greatest Movies Of All Time Empire
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Steven Jay Schneider
#40 on Top 100 British films BFI
#568 on 1,000 greatest films They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?
Awards
Oscar nomination for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Oscar nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Oscar nomination for Best Picture
Oscar nomination for Best Director