Comedy drama written and directed by Mike Leigh. Hortense Cumberbatch (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) is a young and successful black Londoner who, after the death of her adoptive parents, is surprised to discover that her birth mother is in fact white single mum Cynthia (Brenda Blethyn). After an uncomfortable first meeting, Cynthia strikes up a rapport with Hortense and invites her to the 21st birthday party of her youngest daughter Roxanne (Claire Rushbrook) where she meets Cynthia's brother Maurice (Timothy Spall) and his wife Monica (Phyllis Logan) and attempts to learn more about her family.
Director: Mike Leigh
Producer: Simon Channing Williams
Writer: Mike Leigh
Music: Andrew Dickson
Cinematographer: Dick Pope
Actor: Timothy Spall
Actor: Brenda Blethyn
Actor: Phyllis Logan
Actor: Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Actor: Claire Rushbrook
Actor: Elizabeth Berrington
Actor: Michele Austin
Actor: Lee Ross
Actor: Lesley Manville
Actor: Ron Cook
Actor: June Mitchell