Dirty Little Secret

Dirty Little Secret

How far would they go to hide the truth?

2022•1h 25m•6.4/10

DramaTV Movie

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.4/10(16)

17 year-old Lucy who has been painfully isolated from her peers for years, refusing to let anyone near her house in order to hide her family secret – the overwhelming mountain of items filled in every crevice of space in her home. She quietly plans her escape to college while managing her mother Joanna’s hoarding disorder. Outwardly, a highly functioning nurse, Joanna maintains the dysfunction in their home with an obsessive grip but after a tragedy, Lucy must decide if she will hide her mother’s secret, or expose it to the world.

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Production

Johnson Production Group, Tiny Secret Productions, Novus Ordo Seclorum Entertainment, Lifetime

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Melissa Joan Hart

Melissa Joan Hart

Joanna

Lizzie Boys

Lizzie Boys

Lucy

Meghan Gardiner

Meghan Gardiner

Aunt Jean

Wern Lee

Wern Lee

Josh

Pavia Sidhu

Kaylie

Caitlin Stryker

Caitlin Stryker

Counselor Miranda

Edward Foy

Edward Foy

Drew

Lily Yawson

Lily Yawson

Nurse Nadine

Samantha Hodhod

Samantha Hodhod

Sara

Hudsynn Grace Kennedy

Young Sara

Blake McIntyre

Young Phil

Joliana Francisco

Joliana Francisco

Young Lucy

Cheryl Mullen

Cheryl Mullen

Mrs. Ray

Marc-Anthony Massiah

Marc-Anthony Massiah

Mr. Duran

Samuel Braun

Samuel Braun

Phil

Forrest Anthony

Forrest Anthony

Ethan

Jim Ewens

Jim Ewens

Dominic Hill

Sean Kuling

Sean Kuling

Michael

Devinder Dillon

Man in White Apron

Angie Chen

Virginia

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