"The Secret Is Out."
In a sleepy Louisiana parish, a group of lifelong friends stage a rather unorthodox intervention to help a young playwright unravel the truth about her complicated mother and let go of her painful past.
Sandra Bullock
Sidda Walker
Ellen Burstyn
Vivi Abbott Walker
Fionnula Flanagan
Teensy Whitman
James Garner
Shep Walker
Cherry Jones
Buggy Abbott
Ashley Judd
Younger Vivi
Shirley Knight
Necie Kelleher
Angus Macfadyen
Connor McGill
Maggie Smith
Caro Bennett
In a sleepy Louisiana parish, a group of lifelong friends stage a rather unorthodox intervention to help a young playwright unravel the truth about her complicated mother and let go of her painful past.
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