Maternal Secrets

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Maternal Secrets
Mother Of All Secrets Movie Poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Screenplay by Louise Burfitt-Dons Lucinda Spurlin
Directed byLucinda Spurling
Starring Kate Mansi
Kelly McGillis
Brooke Burfitt
Sean Stolzen
LuAnn de Lesseps
Country of originUnited States
Bermuda
Original languageEnglish
Original release
Release8 March 2018 (2018-03-08)

Maternal Secrets is a 2018 American-Bermudan strong woman thriller television film, set in the Caribbean Bermuda. It is directed by Lucinda Spurling and stars Kate Mansi. [1] [2] [3] Kelly McGillis, Brooke Burfitt, Sean Stolzen and Luann de Lesseps. [4] The film was filmed under the working title "Babymoon", but the film trailer was released in June under a new title "Mother Of All Secrets". It got its Lifetime (TV network) debut on May 9, 2020. [5]

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Synopsis

When a state senator goes missing on vacation in Bermuda, his pregnant girlfriend Aubrey searches for answers. What she learns is his estranged mother is on the island and knows more about the disappearance than she is letting on.

Production

The film was shot in January/February 2017 on the island of Bermuda. It is the first film to be shot on the island in over twenty-five years. [6] [7] The film was co-written and directed by Lucinda Spurling and Louise Burfitt-Dons [8] and produced by Brooke Williams. Kate Mansi told Soap Opera Digest she was most proud that it "was the largest female cast & crew I have ever worked with so far." [9]

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