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Description: Following the death of her adoptive parents, a successful young black optometrist establishes contact with her biological mother -- a lonely white factory worker living in poverty in East London.

Cast:
Maurice: Timothy Spall
Monica: Phyllis Logan
Cynthia: Brenda Blethyn
Roxanne: Claire Rushbrook
Hortense: Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Jane: Elizabeth Berrington
Dionne: Michele Austin
Paul: Lee Ross
Social Worker: Lesley Manville
Stuart: Ron Cook
Girl with Scar: Emma Amos
Hortense's Brother: Trevor Laird
Hortense's Sister-in-Law: Clare Perkins
Hortense's Nephew: Elias Perkins McCook
Senior Optometrist: Jane Mitchell
Junior Optician: Janice Acquah
Girl in Optician's: Keylee Jade Flanders
First Bride: Hannah Davis
First Bride's Father: Terence Harvey
Second Bride: Kate O'Malley
Groom: Joe Tucker
Vicar: Richard Syms
Best Man: Grant Masters
Mother in Family Group: Annie Hayes
Grandmother: Jean Ainslie
Teenage Son: Daniel Smith
Nurse: Lucy Sheen
Young Mother: Frances Ruffelle
Baby: Felix Manley
Potential Husband: Nitin Ganatra
Conjuror: Metin Marlow
Raunchy Woman: Di Sherlock
Triplet: Sade Squires
Little Boy: Dominic Curran
Man in Suit: Phil Davis
Graduate: Rachel Lewis
Grinning Husband: Paul Trussell
Uneasy Woman: Denise Orita
Elderly Lady: Margery Withers
Daughter: Theresa Watson
Laughing Man: Gordon Winter
Fiancé: Jonny Coyne
Dog: Bonzo
Cat: Texas
Father in Family Group: Peter Wight
Boxer: Gary McDonald
Dog Owner: Alison Steadman
Cat Owner: Liz Smith
Fertile Mother: Sheila Kelley
Little Boy's Mother: Angela Curran
Pin-Up Housewife: Linda Beckett
Glum Wife: Wendy Nottingham
Uneasy Man: Anthony O'Donnell
Laughing Woman: Ruth Sheen
Fiancée: Mia Soteriou
Gambler: Andie Hicks
Waitress: Anna Pernicci

Written by: Mike Leigh

Director: Mike Leigh

Production: CiBy 2000, Thin Man Films, Channel Four Films

Release date: 28 Feb 1997

Box Office: $13,417,292